Political Quotes

Albert Beveridge: “Britain has no pretext of right to their persons or to their service.”

On the record
Britain has no pretext of right to their persons or to their service.
Said by
Albert Beveridge
Republican · Indiana

Editor's note · Context

Beveridge argues against Britain's claims to American individuals and their services.

Share

More from Albert Beveridge

To Marshall reared--the great, the good, the wise; Born for all ages, honored in all skies; His was the fame to mortals rarely given, Begun on earth, but fixed in aim on heaven.

gutenberg.org

The Experiment, with its foundations laid on universal Suffrage and an unfettered and licentious Press is of too violent a nature for our excitable People.

gutenberg.org

That time, however, is unquestionably arrived, and every oppression now exercised on a helpless people depending on our magnanimity and justice for the preservation of their existence impresses a deep stain on the American character.

gutenberg.org

Genius, and learning, and consummate skill, Moulding each thought, obedient to the will; Affections pure, as e'er warmed human breast, And love, in blessing others, doubly blest; Virtue unspotted, uncorrupted truth, Gentle in age, and…

gutenberg.org

Other voices in this conversation