He must not ... allow himself to be dazzled by that galaxy of epithets by which his orators and newspaper scribblers endeavour to persuade their supporters that they are the greatest, the most refined, the most enlightened, and the most moral people upon earth....
Beveridge warns against being misled by exaggerated claims of American superiority.
Share
More from Albert Beveridge
The Constitution of Virginia of 1776 was the basis upon which was built one of the most perfect political machines ever constructed; and this machine in later years came to be Marshall's great antagonist.
Thus provincialism in the form of States' Rights was given a fresh impulse and a new vitality.
Our children see this and learn to imitate it....
On this, the only vital and enduring question involved, Marshall's views were clear and unshakable.
Other voices in this conversation
