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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

6371 Benjamin

 
NUMBER:6371
AUTHOR:Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield Disraeli (1804–1881)
QUOTATION:  I repeat … that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist. 1 
ATTRIBUTION:Vivian Grey, Book vi. Chap. vii.
 
Note 1.
See Webster, page 532. Also Theodore Parker, page 694 and Lincoln, page 661. [back]