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Albert Beveridge: “The American people, he asserts, "must judge exclusively for themselves how far they will or ought to go in their…”

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The American people, he asserts, "must judge exclusively for themselves how far they will or ought to go in their efforts to acquire new rights or establish new principles.
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Albert Beveridge
Republican · Indiana

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Beveridge asserts that the American people must have the ultimate authority in deciding their rights and principles.

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