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All that I ask is the establishment of human rights on a permanent foundation.
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Sumner advocates for the establishment of human rights as a fundamental goal.
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Tendencies of nations, as revealed in history, teach that our aims are in harmony with prevailing laws, which God, in his benevolence, has ordained for mankind.
At Baltimore the delegation of the most important State in the Union, known to be in favor of the Wilmot Proviso, was refused admission to the Convention.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
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