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Sumner advocates for the employment of Black individuals and the liberation of slaves.

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I am opposed to a tariff for protection merely, and not for revenue."--Letter to John K.

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I am in favor of a tariff for revenue, such a one as will yield a sufficient amount to the treasury to defray the expenses of the government, economically administered.

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By Perpetual Peace Kant understood a condition of nations where there could be no fear of War; and this condition, he said, was demanded by reason, which, abhorring all War, as little adapted to establish right, must regard this final…

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The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.

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