Political Quotes

Albert Beveridge: He has let slip the dogs of war, the hell-hounds of persecution, to hunt down my friend.

On the record
He has let slip the dogs of war, the hell-hounds of persecution, to hunt down my friend.
Said by
Albert Beveridge
Republican · Indiana

Editor's note · Context

Beveridge uses vivid imagery to describe the aggressive pursuit of a friend by political adversaries.

Share

More from Albert Beveridge

Heart-breaking and pitiful was the aspect of these soldiers of liberty.

gutenberg.org

The genius of the Constitution, and the opinions of the people of the United States, cannot be overruled by those who administer the Government.

gutenberg.org

The Alien and Sedition Laws were, they asserted, the beginning of monarchy, the foundation of absolutism.

gutenberg.org

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.

gutenberg.org

Other voices in this conversation