Quote
By Franklin Pierce
Preeminently, the power of our advocacy reposes in our example; but no example, be it remembered, can be powerful for lasting good, whatever apparent advantages may be gained, which is not based upon eternal principles of right and justice.
- Source
- Inaugural Address, March 4, 1853
- Read at
- The American Presidency Project, UC Santa Barbara
Share this quote
About this quote
From Franklin Pierce's inaugural address on March 4, 1853. He is saying that America helps the cause of freedom abroad most by the example it sets.