I wished that I were the owner of every southern slave, that I might cast off the shackles from their limbs, and witness the rapture which would excite them in the first dance of their freedom. — Thaddeus Stevens Copy Share Image
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… — Thaddeus Stevens Copy Share Image
I can never acknowledge the right of slavery. I will bow down to no deity however worshipped by professing Christians - however dignified by… — Thaddeus Stevens Copy Share Image
I will be satisfied if my epitaph shall be written thus: 'Here lies one who never rose to any eminence, who only courted the… — Thaddeus Stevens Copy Share Image
The greatest measure of the nineteenth century was passed by corruption, aided and abetted by the purest man in America. — Thaddeus Stevens Copy Share Image
I don’t hold with equality in all things only with equality before the law and nothing more. — Thaddeus Stevens Copy Share Image
Every humane and patriotic heart must grieve to see a bloody and causeless rebellion, costing thousands of human lives and millions of treasure. But… — Thaddeus Stevens Copy Share Image
Strip the proud nobility of their bloated estates, reduce them to a level with plain republicans, send forth to labor, and teach their children… — Thaddeus Stevens Copy Share Image
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. — Thaddeus Stevens Copy Share Image
“Do you inquire why, holding these views and possessing some will of my own, i accept so imperfect a proposition? I answer, because I… — Thaddeus Stevens Copy Share Image
There can be no fanatics in the cause of genuine liberty. Fanaticism is excessive zeal. There may be, and have been fanatics in false… — Thaddeus Stevens Copy Share Image
