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title: "1 Census Quotes By Salmon P. Chase"
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> [If Congress sees fit to impose a capitation, or other direct tax, it must be laid in proportion to the census; if Congress determines to impose duties, imposts, and excises, they must be uniform throughout the United States. These are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salmon-p-chase/if-congress-sees-fit-to-impose-a-capitation-or-other-direct-tax-it/)

[Salmon P. Chase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salmon-p-chase/)

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## More by Salmon P. Chase

> [And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salmon-p-chase/and-upon-this-act-sincerely-believed-to-be-an-act-of-justice/)

[Salmon P. Chase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salmon-p-chase/)

> [The child is pronounced pretty. I think it quite otherwise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salmon-p-chase/the-child-is-pronounced-pretty-i-think-it-quite-otherwise/)

[Salmon P. Chase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salmon-p-chase/)

> [The Proclamation does not, indeed, mark out exactly the course I should myself prefer. But I am ready to take it just as it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salmon-p-chase/the-proclamation-does-not-indeed-mark-out-exactly-the-course-i-should/)

[Salmon P. Chase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salmon-p-chase/)

> [No nation can be strong except in the strength of God, or safe except in His defense. The trust of our people in God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salmon-p-chase/no-nation-can-be-strong-except-in-the-strength-of-god-or-safe-except/)

[Salmon P. Chase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salmon-p-chase/)

> [If Congress sees fit to impose a capitation, or other direct tax, it must be laid in proportion to the census; if Congress determines…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salmon-p-chase/if-congress-sees-fit-to-impose-a-capitation-or-other-direct-tax-it/)

[Salmon P. Chase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salmon-p-chase/)

> [My agency in promoting the passage of the National Banking Act was the greatest mistake of my life. It has built up a monopoly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salmon-p-chase/my-agency-in-promoting-the-passage-of-the-national-banking-act-was/)

[Salmon P. Chase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salmon-p-chase/)

> [What you have said, Mr. President, fully satisfies me that you have given to every proposition which has been made, a kind and candid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salmon-p-chase/what-you-have-said-mr-president-fully-satisfies-me-that-you-have/)

[Salmon P. Chase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salmon-p-chase/)

> [States Rights died at Appomattox.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salmon-p-chase/states-rights-died-at-appomattox/)

[Salmon P. Chase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salmon-p-chase/)

> [Once I should have been, if not satisfied, partially, at least, contented with suffrage for the intelligent and those who have been soldiers; now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salmon-p-chase/once-i-should-have-been-if-not-satisfied-partially-at-least-contented/)

[Salmon P. Chase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salmon-p-chase/)

> [All men are born equally free.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salmon-p-chase/all-men-are-born-equally-free/)

[Salmon P. Chase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salmon-p-chase/)

> [No more slave States; no slave Territories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salmon-p-chase/no-more-slave-states-no-slave-territories/)

[Salmon P. Chase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salmon-p-chase/)

> [No more slave States and no more slave territory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salmon-p-chase/no-more-slave-states-and-no-more-slave-territory/)

[Salmon P. Chase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salmon-p-chase/)

> [“I made this resolution today. I will try to excel in all things yet if I am excelled, without fault of mine, I will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salmon-p-chase/i-made-this-resolution-today-i-will-try-to-excel-in-all-things-yet-if/)

[Salmon P. Chase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salmon-p-chase/)

> [ The legal tender quality \[of money\] is only valuable for the purposes of dishonesty. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salmon-p-chase/the-legal-tender-quality-of-money-is-only-valuable-for-the-purposes/)

[Salmon P. Chase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salmon-p-chase/)

> [My agency in promoting the passage of the National Bank Act was the greatest financial mistake of my life. It has built up a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salmon-p-chase/my-agency-in-promoting-the-passage-of-the-national-bank-act-was-the/)

[Salmon P. Chase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salmon-p-chase/)

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