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Let the humblest citizen in the remotest village be assailed in the enjoyment of Equal Rights, and the Nation must do for that humblest citizen what it would do for itself.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Let the humblest citizen in the remotest village be assailed in the enjoyment of Equal Rights, and the Nation must do…”
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Sumner emphasizes the obligation of the nation to protect the rights of even the least powerful citizens.
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