On the record
Consistency is not always a virtue, and inconsistency is not always a vice.
Source
gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Boutwell suggests that inconsistency in opinions can coexist with a genuine commitment to one's principles.
Share
More from George Boutwell
Does anybody contemplate such a qualification to the elective franchise, in the case of black people or white?
I believe now, as I did then, that it was for the best interests of this country, for the people of Santo Domingo, and all concerned, that the proposition should be received favorably.
General Grant had no disposition to usurp power.
Let it be understood that no repudiator of one farthing of our public debt will be trusted in public place, and it will go far toward strengthening a credit which ought to be the best in the world, and will ultimately enable us to replace…
Other voices in this conversation
