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George F. Hoar: “We should have had little difficulty in dealing with the Negro or the Indian, or the Oriental, if the American people…”

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We should have had little difficulty in dealing with the Negro or the Indian, or the Oriental, if the American people had applied to them, as the Golden Rule requires, the principles they expect to apply and to have applied to themselves.
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George F. Hoar
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Hoar argues that applying the Golden Rule universally would help resolve issues with marginalized groups.

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