The government of the Union,then,is emphaticallyand truly a government of
the people……(Case of Mc-Culloch vs.Maryland,1819.Wheaton,iv,316.)
十一年(一八三0年)后,美国演说家韦伯斯特(Daniei Web-ster)首先在“政府”
字眼后,以for the people,by the people造句:
The people's government made for the people,madeby the people,and
answerable to the people.(SecondSpeech on Foote's Resolution,26Jan.,1830.)
二十年后(一八五0年),美国神学家、社会改革家帕克(Theodore Parker),首先
在“政府”字眼后,以of all the people,by aIl the people,for aIl the people造
句:
The American idea……demands……ademocracy,-that is,a government of aIl