Political Quotes

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I think your method would overthrow the common school system, would overthrow the Republican Party, and would end by massing together all the Catholic voters, as proscription always does mass men together, to increase and strengthen that political power which you profess so much to dread.
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George F. Hoar
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Hoar warns that certain political methods could undermine the Republican Party and the common school system.

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