He has a standing in the supreme law of the land-- in the Constitution of the United States--not to be changed or affected by any conjunction of circumstances likely to occur in the immediate or remote future.
From his autobiography, asserting the constitutional standing of African Americans after the Civil War, on the permanence of their rights.
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A poverty-stricken class will be an ignorant and despised class, and no amount of sentiment can make it otherwise.
Taking all the circumstances into consideration, the colored people have no reason to despair.
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