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In upholding this Constitution, never did I fail at the same time to uphold Human Rights.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “In upholding this Constitution, never did I fail at the same time to uphold Human Rights.”
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Sumner states that upholding the Constitution also means upholding human rights.
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