Sir, I am no sycophant or worshipper of power anywhere.
From Benjamin F. Wade
Sometimes it leads me even to hesitate whether I am strictly correct in my idea that all men are born to equal rights, for their conduct seems to me to contravene the doctrine.
The humiliation of the North is complete and overwhelming.
You can never conquer us, we will die first.
I am not unaware how unpopular on this floor are the sentiments I am about to advocate.
If a man carries his horse out of a slave State into a free one, be does not lose his property interest in him; but if he carries his slave into a free State, the law makes him free.
Well, what are you going to do about it?
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