# A Charter Can Cross Oceans Without Conquest by Bryant McGill > “A charter can cross oceans without conquest. A principle can be inherited by someone with no genealogical claim upon its author. A political idea can condemn the nation that proclaimed it and still survive the condemnation.” > **— Bryant McGill**, *Authorship of the West, September 2026* ## Sources and Context - **Exact article wording:** “A charter can cross oceans without conquest. A principle can be inherited by someone with no genealogical claim upon its author. A political idea can condemn the nation that proclaimed it and still survive the condemnation.” — [[articles/war with empire/Authorship of the West|Authorship of the West]] (September 22, 2026). - **Context:** The article uses the passage to separate inheritance by principle from ownership by ancestry. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/War With Empire|War With Empire]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/war with empire/Authorship of the West|Authorship of the West]] - **Article:** [[articles/How Europe's Refuse Built the Apex Civilization Called America|How Europe's Refuse Built the Apex Civilization Called America]] - **Article:** [[articles/war with empire/The Monroe Doctrine, the British Substrate, and the Unfinished Decolonization of the Americas|The Monroe Doctrine, the British Substrate, and the Unfinished Decolonization of the Americas]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Authorship of the West|Authorship of the West]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Charter Civilization|Charter Civilization]] - [[wiki/Inheritance|Inheritance]] - [[wiki/Authorship of the West|Authorship of the West]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “A charter can cross oceans without conquest. A principle can be inherited by someone with no genealogical claim upon its author. A political idea can condemn the nation that proclaimed it and still survive the condemnation.” — Bryant McGill, Authorship of the West, September 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-bryant-mcgill-charter-cross-oceans-without-conquest ```