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> [I don’t hold with equality in all things only with equality before the law and nothing more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thaddeus-stevens/i-don-t-hold-with-equality-in-all-things-only-with-equality-before/)

[Thaddeus Stevens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thaddeus-stevens/)

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## More by Thaddeus Stevens

> [I care not whether the soldiers are of Milesian, Teutonic, African or Angelo-Saxon descent. I despise the principle that make a difference between them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thaddeus-stevens/i-care-not-whether-the-soldiers-are-of-milesian-teutonic-african-or/)

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> [I can never acknowledge the right of slavery. I will bow down to no deity however worshipped by professing Christians - however dignified by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thaddeus-stevens/i-can-never-acknowledge-the-right-of-slavery-i-will-bow-down-to-no/)

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> [I will be satisfied if my epitaph shall be written thus: 'Here lies one who never rose to any eminence, who only courted the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thaddeus-stevens/i-will-be-satisfied-if-my-epitaph-shall-be-written-thus-here-lies-one/)

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> [The greatest measure of the nineteenth century was passed by corruption, aided and abetted by the purest man in America.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thaddeus-stevens/the-greatest-measure-of-the-nineteenth-century-was-passed-by/)

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> [I don’t hold with equality in all things only with equality before the law and nothing more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thaddeus-stevens/i-don-t-hold-with-equality-in-all-things-only-with-equality-before/)

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> [Every humane and patriotic heart must grieve to see a bloody and causeless rebellion, costing thousands of human lives and millions of treasure. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thaddeus-stevens/every-humane-and-patriotic-heart-must-grieve-to-see-a-bloody-and/)

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> [Strip the proud nobility of their bloated estates, reduce them to a level with plain republicans, send forth to labor, and teach their children…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thaddeus-stevens/strip-the-proud-nobility-of-their-bloated-estates-reduce-them-to-a/)

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> [I wish the Indians had newspapers of their own. If they had, you would have horrible pictures of the cold-blooded murders of inoffensive Indians.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thaddeus-stevens/i-wish-the-indians-had-newspapers-of-their-own-if-they-had-you-would/)

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> [I answer, because I live among men and not among angels.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thaddeus-stevens/i-answer-because-i-live-among-men-and-not-among-angels/)

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> [“Do you inquire why, holding these views and possessing some will of my own, i accept so imperfect a proposition? I answer, because I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thaddeus-stevens/do-you-inquire-why-holding-these-views-and-possessing-some-will-of-my/)

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> [There can be no fanatics in the cause of genuine liberty. Fanaticism is excessive zeal. There may be, and have been fanatics in false…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thaddeus-stevens/there-can-be-no-fanatics-in-the-cause-of-genuine-liberty-fanaticism/)

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> [“kill trhe beast before it kills you”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thaddeus-stevens/kill-trhe-beast-before-it-kills-you/)

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> [The freedom of a government does not depend on the quality of its laws, but upon the power that has the right to create…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thaddeus-stevens/the-freedom-of-a-government-does-not-depend-on-the-quality-of-its/)

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> [The future condition of the conquered power depends on the will of the conquerer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thaddeus-stevens/the-future-condition-of-the-conquered-power-depends-on-the-will-of/)

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> [I wished that I were the owner of every southern slave, that I might cast off the shackles from their limbs, and witness the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thaddeus-stevens/i-wished-that-i-were-the-owner-of-every-southern-slave-that-i-might/)

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