On the record
But when they cease to join in their support, or when new principles are called into activity, then the common bond is dissolved, and a new association must be formed.
Source
gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Sumner argues that a political association must adapt when its foundational principles change or are no longer supported.
Share
More from Charles Sumner
Controlled by such a code, employing such representatives, sustained by such agencies, animated by such Furies, and producing such fruits of tears and bitterness, it must be open to question.
The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
Their existence is a disgrace to civilization; for it implies the common consent of nations to the Arbitrament of War, as regulated by these laws.
Other voices in this conversation
