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William H Seward Quotes

I have learned, by some experience, that virtue and patriotism, vice and selfishness, are found in all parties, and that they differ less in their motives than in the policies they pursue Picture Quote #1

The United States are a political state, or organized society, whose end is government, for the security, welfare, and happiness of all who live under its protection Picture Quote #1

There is not only no free state which would now establish it, but there is no slave state, which, if it had had the free alternative as we now have, would have founded slavery Picture Quote #1

A party with one idea; but that is a noble idea ... the idea of equality - the equality of all men before human tribunals and human laws Picture Quote #1

The two systems slave and free-labor are incompatible. They have never permanently existed together in one country, and they never can Picture Quote #1

I mean to say that Congress can hereafter decide whether any states, slave or free, can be framed out of Texas. If they should never be framed out of Texas, they never could be admitted Picture Quote #1

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But you answer, that the Constitution recognizes property in slaves. It would be sufficient, then, to reply, that this constitutional recognition must be void, because it is repugnant to the law of nature and of nations Picture Quote #1

The United States are a political state, or organized society, whose end is government, for the security, welfare, and happiness of all who live under its protection Picture Quote #1

We show our sympathy with slavery by emancipating slaves where we cannot reach them, and holding them in bondage where we can set them free Picture Quote #1

Whatever policy we adopt, there must be an energetic prosecution of it. For this purpose it must be somebody’s business to pursue and direct it incessantly Picture Quote #1

There is not only no free state which would now establish it, but there is no slave state, which, if it had had the free alternative as we now have, would have founded slavery Picture Quote #1

The right to have a slave implies the right in some one to make the slave; that right must be equal and mutual, and this would resolve society into a state of perpetual war Picture Quote #1

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It is true, indeed, that the national domain is ours. It is true it was acquired by the valor and with the wealth of the whole nation. But we hold, nevertheless, no arbitrary power over it Picture Quote #1

It is the maintenance of slavery by law in a state, not parallels of latitude, that makes its a southern state; and the absence of this, that makes it a northern state Picture Quote #1

It is an irrepressible conflict between opposing and enduring forces Picture Quote #1

I know and all the world knows, that revolutions never go backwards Picture Quote #1

Therefore, states are equal in natural rights Picture Quote #1

The circumstances of the world are so variable that an irrevocable purpose or opinion is almost synonymous with a foolish one Picture Quote #1

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I have learned, by some experience, that virtue and patriotism, vice and selfishness, are found in all parties, and that they differ less in their motives than in the policies they pursue (William H Seward Quotes) The United States are a political state, or organized society, whose end is government, for the security, welfare, and happiness of all who live under its protection. (William H Seward Quotes) There is not only no free state which would now establish it, but there is no slave state, which, if it had had the free alternative as we now have, would have founded slavery. (William H Seward Quotes) A party with one idea; but that is a noble idea ... the idea of equality - the equality of all men before human tribunals and human laws. (William H Seward Quotes) The two systems slave and free-labor are incompatible. They have never permanently existed together in one country, and they never can (William H Seward Quotes) I mean to say that Congress can hereafter decide whether any states, slave or free, can be framed out of Texas. If they should never be framed out of Texas, they never could be admitted (William H Seward Quotes) But you answer, that the Constitution recognizes property in slaves. It would be sufficient, then, to reply, that this constitutional recognition must be void, because it is repugnant to the law of nature and of nations (William H Seward Quotes) The United States are a political state, or organized society, whose end is government, for the security, welfare, and happiness of all who live under its protection (William H Seward Quotes) We show our sympathy with slavery by emancipating slaves where we cannot reach them, and holding them in bondage where we can set them free (William H Seward Quotes) Whatever policy we adopt, there must be an energetic prosecution of it. For this purpose it must be somebody’s business to pursue and direct it incessantly (William H Seward Quotes) There is not only no free state which would now establish it, but there is no slave state, which, if it had had the free alternative as we now have, would have founded slavery (William H Seward Quotes) The right to have a slave implies the right in some one to make the slave; that right must be equal and mutual, and this would resolve society into a state of perpetual war (William H Seward Quotes) It is true, indeed, that the national domain is ours. It is true it was acquired by the valor and with the wealth of the whole nation. But we hold, nevertheless, no arbitrary power over it (William H Seward Quotes) It is the maintenance of slavery by law in a state, not parallels of latitude, that makes its a southern state; and the absence of this, that makes it a northern state (William H Seward Quotes) It is an irrepressible conflict between opposing and enduring forces (William H Seward Quotes) I know and all the world knows, that revolutions never go backwards (William H Seward Quotes) Therefore, states are equal in natural rights (William H Seward Quotes) The circumstances of the world are so variable that an irrevocable purpose or opinion is almost synonymous with a foolish one (William H Seward Quotes)