Charles Sumner: “As Freedom is more than property, as Man is above the dollar that he earns, as heaven, to which we all aspire, is higher…”

“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.”