A government which cannot protect its humblest citizens from outrage and injury is unworthy of the name and ought not to command the support of a free people.


As quoted in Congressional Record, House, 44th Cong., 1st sess. (7 June 1876): pp. 3,667–3,668 - Speech to the U.S. House of Representatives (1876)

Charles E. Nash Quotes

A government which cannot protect its humblest citizens from outrage and injury is unworthy of the name and ought not to command the support of a...

A government which cannot protect its humblest citizens from outrage and injury is unworthy of the name and ought not to command the support of a...

A government which cannot protect its humblest citizens from outrage and injury is unworthy of the name and ought not to command the support of a...

A government which cannot protect its humblest citizens from outrage and injury is unworthy of the name and ought not to command the support of a...