Political Quotes

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Sumner expresses his determination to resist pressure to concede on important issues.

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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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They belong to a system so essentially irrational, that all the admitted virtues of many of its agents cannot save it from judgment.

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It is a cause which, though long kept in check throughout our country, as also in Europe, now confronts the people and their rulers, demanding to be heard.

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The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.

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