Political Quotes

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Sumner invokes the idea of reaping what one sows, emphasizing moral accountability.

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

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

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More precious far at that moment the consolation that he had labored for his fellow-men, and the joyous confidence that all his cares had helped the Progress of his race!

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This will be the FREEDOM POWER, whose single object will be to resist the SLAVE POWER.

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