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> [The color of the prisoner's skin, and the form of his features, are not impressed upon the spiritual immortal mind which works beneath. In spite of human pride, he is still your brother, and mine, in form and color accepted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-h-seward/the-color-of-the-prisoner-s-skin-and-the-form-of-his-features-are-not/)

[William H. Seward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-h-seward/)

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## Other authors on Approved

## More by William H. Seward

> [The whole hope of human progress is suspended on the ever-growing influence of the Bible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-h-seward/the-whole-hope-of-human-progress-is-suspended-on-the-ever-growing/)

[William H. Seward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-h-seward/)

> [To reduce this claim of slavery to an absurdity, it is only necessary to add that there are only two states in which slaves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-h-seward/to-reduce-this-claim-of-slavery-to-an-absurdity-it-is-only-necessary/)

[William H. Seward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-h-seward/)

> [The proposition of an established classification of states as slave states and free states, as insisted on by some, and into northern and southern,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-h-seward/the-proposition-of-an-established-classification-of-states-as-slave/)

[William H. Seward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-h-seward/)

> [But there is a higher law than the Constitution, which regulates our authority over the domain, and devotes it to the same noble purposes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-h-seward/but-there-is-a-higher-law-than-the-constitution-which-regulates-our/)

[William H. Seward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-h-seward/)

> [I speak on due consideration because Britain, France, and Mexico, have abolished slavery, and all other European states are preparing to abolish it as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-h-seward/i-speak-on-due-consideration-because-britain-france-and-mexico-have/)

[William H. Seward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-h-seward/)

> [The United States are a political state, or organized society, whose end is government, for the security, welfare, and happiness of all who live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-h-seward/the-united-states-are-a-political-state-or-organized-society-whose/)

[William H. Seward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-h-seward/)

> [But the Constitution was made not only for southern and northern states, but for states neither northern nor southern, namely, the western states, their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-h-seward/but-the-constitution-was-made-not-only-for-southern-and-northern/)

[William H. Seward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-h-seward/)

> [No man will ever be President of the United States who spells 'negro' with two gs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-h-seward/no-man-will-ever-be-president-of-the-united-states-who-spells-negro/)

[William H. Seward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-h-seward/)

> [The color of the prisoner's skin, and the form of his features, are not impressed upon the spiritual immortal mind which works beneath. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-h-seward/the-color-of-the-prisoner-s-skin-and-the-form-of-his-features-are-not/)

[William H. Seward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-h-seward/)

> [Revolutions never go backward.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-h-seward/revolutions-never-go-backward/)

[William H. Seward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-h-seward/)

> [The constitution regulates our stewardship; the constitution devotes the domain to union, to justice, to defense, to welfare, and to liberty. But there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-h-seward/the-constitution-regulates-our-stewardship-the-constitution-devotes/)

[William H. Seward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-h-seward/)

> [The two systems slave and free-labor are incompatible. They have never permanently existed together in one country, and they never can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-h-seward/the-two-systems-slave-and-free-labor-are-incompatible-they-have-never/)

[William H. Seward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-h-seward/)

> [It is an irrepressible conflict between opposing and enduring forces.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-h-seward/it-is-an-irrepressible-conflict-between-opposing-and-enduring-forces/)

[William H. Seward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-h-seward/)

> [But I deny that the Constitution recognizes property in man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-h-seward/but-i-deny-that-the-constitution-recognizes-property-in-man/)

[William H. Seward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-h-seward/)

> [A party with one idea; but that is a noble idea ... the idea of equality - the equality of all men before human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-h-seward/a-party-with-one-idea-but-that-is-a-noble-idea-the-idea-of-equality/)

[William H. Seward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-h-seward/)

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