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We hold, with Abraham Lincoln, that "no man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent. When the white man governs himself, that is self-government, but when he governs himself and also governs another man, that is more than self-government-that is despotism." "Our reliance is in the love of liberty which God has planted in us. Our defense is in the spirit which prizes liberty as the heritage of all men in all lands. Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves, and under a just God cannot long retain it." We cordially invite the cooperation of all men and women who remain loyal to the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States. (From "Platform of the American Anti-lmperialist League," in Speeches, Correspondence, ard Political Papers of Carl Schurz ,vol. 6, ed. Frederick Bancroft (New York 1913), p. 77, note 1. The original post is at The Internet Modern History Sourcebook -Imperialism. )