Political Quotes

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Be assured that neither you nor the great truths you advocate will be at all harmed by the malignant attacks of the Hunker press.
Said by
Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner reassures a colleague that their ideas will withstand attacks from the press.

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