Political Quotes

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Wherever men are gathered into nations, wherever Civilization extends her beneficent sway, there will it be manifest.
Said by
Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner believes that the principles of civilization and progress will manifest wherever people gather.

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