Charles Sumner said "But because it may not be our duty next year, and was not our duty last year, it does not follow that it is not our duty now." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

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But because it may not be our duty next year, and was not our duty last year, it does not follow that it is not our duty now.

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Sumner asserts that current duties may differ from past responsibilities, emphasizing the importance of present action.

More from Charles Sumner

They belong to a system so essentially irrational, that all the admitted virtues of many of its agents cannot save it from judgment.

Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.

The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.

I am opposed to a tariff for protection merely, and not for revenue."--Letter to John K.

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