Political Quotes

On the record
And the same insulting ostracism shows itself in other institutions of science and learning, also in the church, and in the last resting-place on earth.
Said by
Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner discusses the pervasive discrimination against people of color in various institutions, including education and religion.

Share

More from Charles Sumner

Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.

gutenberg.org

Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.

gutenberg.org

They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.

gutenberg.org

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.

gutenberg.org

Other voices in this conversation