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But while generously maintaining the rights of others, I venture to say that you will be entirely unworthy of the vantage-ground on which you now stand, if you do not insist at all times on those Equal Rights which are still denied to you.
Said by
Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner warns against complacency in the fight for equal rights.

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