On the record
A nation will survive a corrupt minister or monarch, but a corrupt people must surely and speedily perish.
Source
gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
This statement underscores the idea that while corrupt leaders can be endured, a corrupt populace is doomed to fail.
Share
More from George F. Hoar
But I cannot see it to be my duty to join in a secession from the Whig Party for the purpose of putting Mr.
A complete system of education at the National charge was an essential element of the reconstruction policy.
It was undoubtedly the chief object of this last provision to prevent the perpetuation of power in the same hands, or under the same influences, by removing the choice of President wholly from the control of persons wielding National…
I believe that as time goes on, the great self-restraint of the American people in dealing with the momentous peril of 1877, and the constructive ability which created the simple but perfect mechanism of the Electoral Commission, will…
Other voices in this conversation
