Political Quotes

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You are the one man among many who seems to have studied the present exigencies of your noble country, and to have judged aright the requirements of the age you and we all live in at present.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner recognizes someone's understanding of the current needs of the nation and their insightful judgment.

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