As Freedom is more than property, as Man is above the dollar that he earns, as heaven, to which we all aspire, is higher than earth, where every accumulation of wealth must ever remain, so are the rights assailed by an American Congress higher than those once assailed by the British Parliament.
Sumner elevates the importance of human rights above material wealth in this philosophical statement.
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I am opposed to a tariff for protection merely, and not for revenue."--Letter to John K.
It is larger than the entire profit of all the commerce and manufactures of the world.
It is true, doubtless, that there are various races of men; but there is but one great Human Family, in which Caucasian, Ethiopian, Chinese, and Indian are all brothers, children of one Father, and heirs to one happiness.
They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
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