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# Roger Brooke Taney

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Roger Brooke Taney was an American lawyer and politician who served as the fifth chief justice of the United States from 1836 until his death in 1864. Taney delivered the majority opinion in Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857), ruling that African Americans could not be considered U.S. citizens and that C

##  Quotes by Roger Brooke Taney

> [The question before us is, whether people of African ancestry compose a portion of this people, and are constituent members of this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-brooke-taney/the-question-before-us-is-whether-people-of-african-ancestry-compose/)

Roger Brooke Taney

[Ancestry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ancestry/)

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> [We must look at the institution of slavery as publicists, and not as casuists. It is a question of law, and not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-brooke-taney/we-must-look-at-the-institution-of-slavery-as-publicists-and-not-as/)

Roger Brooke Taney

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> [ They \[the blacks\] had no rights which the white man was bound to respect. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-brooke-taney/they-the-blacks-had-no-rights-which-the-white-man-was-bound-to-respect/)

Roger Brooke Taney

[Blacks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blacks/)

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> [ No doctrine involving more pernicious consequences was ever invented by the wit of man than any \[constitutional\] provisions can be suspended during… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-brooke-taney/no-doctrine-involving-more-pernicious-consequences-was-ever-invented/)

Roger Brooke Taney

[Consequence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/consequence/)

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