Gustave de Beaumont Professions : French PoliticianBorn : February 6, 1802Died : March 31, 1866 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Gustave de Beaumont I have seen the Indian in his forests, and the Negro in his chains, and thought, as I contemplated their pitiable condition, that I saw the very extreme of human wretchedness; but I did not then know the condition of unfortunate Ireland...In all countries, more or less, paupers may be discovered; but an entire nation of paupers is what was never seen until it was shown in Ireland. Gustave de Beaumont sawsmaycountry There are countries in which public establishments are considered by the government as its own personal affair, so that it admits persons to them only according to its pleasure, just as a proprietor refuses at his pleasure admission into his house; they are a sort of administrative sanctuaries, into which no profane person can penetrate. These establishments, on the contrary, in the United States, are considered as belonging to all. The prisons are open to everyone who chooses to inspect them ad every visiter may inform himself of the order which regulates the interior. Gustave de Beaumont governmentordercountry Ireland is a little country which raises all the great questions. Gustave de Beaumont raiseslittlescountry Similar Authors Bruno Le Maire french-politician Antoine Pinay french-politician Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin french-politician Bertrand Delanoe french-politician Bertrand Barere french-politician Bernard Kouchner french-politicianAll Authors
