Charles Sumner: “Nor can any settlement promise peace which is not in harmony with…”

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Nor can any settlement promise peace which is not in harmony with those everlasting principles from which our duties spring.

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Massachusetts

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This quote emphasizes that true peace can only be achieved through adherence to moral principles.

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Consent of the governed necessary in forming new governments of, XII. 298.

Slave Power, necessity of political action against the, II. 207.

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Charles Sumner: “Nor can any settlement promise peace which is not in harmony with those everlasting principles from which our duties…”