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Question
Discuss with your partner and choose the correct alternative.
‘Government of the people, by the people and for the people, shall not perish from the earth’. This famous statement is made by - ______________________.
Options
Mahatma Gandhi
Nelson Mandela
Abraham Lincoln
Dalai Lama
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Solution
‘Government of the people, by the people and for the people, shall not perish from the earth’. This famous statement is made by - Abraham Lincoln.
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