All Salmon P. Chase Quotes
- A resignation is a grave act; never performed by a right minded man without forethought or with reserve. Act
- How wrong it is for those who love, not to express their love. Express
- States Rights died at Appomattox. Appomattox
- True Democracy makes no enquiry about the color of the skin, or the place of nativity. Wherever it sees a man, it recognizes a being… Color
- The Constitution, in all its provisions, looks to an indestructible Union composed of indestructible States. All
- The way to resumption is to resume. Inspirational
- What can be indissoluble if a perpetual Union, made more perfect, is not? Indissoluble
- 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… Been
- My agency in promoting the passage of the National Bank Act was the greatest financial mistake of my life. It has built up a monopoly,… Accomplished
- The law of the Creator, which invests every human being with an inalienable title to freedom, cannot be repealed by any interior law which asserts… Any
- My agency in promoting the passage of the National Banking Act was the greatest mistake of my life. It has built up a monopoly which… Act
- I never refused my help to any person black or white; and I liked the office nonetheless because there were neither fees nor salary connected… Any
- Once I should have been, if not satisfied, partially, at least, contented with suffrage for the intelligent and those who have been soldiers; now I… Been
- No more slave States and no more slave territory. More
- No nation can be strong except in the strength of God, or safe except in His defense. The trust of our people in God should… Coins
- All men are born equally free. All
- The President then proceeded to read his Emancipation Proclamation, making remarks on the several parts as he went on, and showing that he had fully… All
- What you have said, Mr. President, fully satisfies me that you have given to every proposition which has been made, a kind and candid consideration.… Arrived
- The Proclamation does not, indeed, mark out exactly the course I should myself prefer. But I am ready to take it just as it is… All
- The child is pronounced pretty. I think it quite otherwise. Child
- And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of… Act