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Albert Beveridge: “I know this doctrine is unpleasant; I know it is more popular to appeal to public opinion--that equivocal, transient…”

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I know this doctrine is unpleasant; I know it is more popular to appeal to public opinion--that equivocal, transient being, which exists nowhere and everywhere.
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Albert Beveridge
Republican · Indiana

Editor's note · Context

Beveridge critiques the reliance on public opinion, suggesting it is unreliable and fleeting.

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