Political Quotes

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Hence the acts we are to perform seem to partake of the nature of creation, rather than of legislation.
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Horace Mann
Free Soil · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Mann likens legislative actions to acts of creation, highlighting their profound significance.

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