Political Quotes

Charles Sumner: “Strong in these, she is not driven to the necessity of resorting to ‘attempted assassination,’ either in or out of the…”

On the record
Strong in these, she is not driven to the necessity of resorting to ‘attempted assassination,’ either in or out of the Senate.
Said by
Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner argues that Massachusetts does not resort to violence or assassination to defend its principles.

Share

More from Charles Sumner

His loyalty to the Declaration of Independence, XIX. 317.

gutenberg.org

Slave Power, necessity of political action against the, II. 207.

gutenberg.org

Consent of the governed necessary in forming new governments of, XII. 298.

gutenberg.org

Other voices in this conversation