On the record
We are asked to compromise our principles," said John Van Buren.
Source
gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
John Van Buren's quote highlights the tension between political compromise and adherence to principles.
Share
More from De Alexander
This reduced the question to ratification or secession.
He represented Republican principles and aims more fully than any man in the country, but Thurlow Weed, looking into the future through the eyes of a practical politician, disbelieved in Republican success.
Let us agree to put contentions aside and complete our task.
As he lived, so he died, a strange, lonely, unhappy man, out of tune with the beautiful world in which he was permitted to exist upward of four score years.
Other voices in this conversation
