"Sir, I am no sycophant or worshipper of…" — Benjamin F. Wade
"Sir, I am no sycophant or worshipper of power anywhere."
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17 Quotes by Benjamin F. Wade
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I am not unconscious of the persuasive power exerted by these considerations to drag men along in the current; but…
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I may fall here in the Senate chamber, but I will. never make any compromise with any such men.
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I am amazed at the facility with which some men follow in the wake of slavery.
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Sometimes it leads me even to hesitate whether I am strictly correct in my idea that all men are born…
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I know how easy it is for some minds to glide along with the current of popular opinion, where influence,…
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I am not unaware how unpopular on this floor are the sentiments I am about to advocate.
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I have always believed, heretofore, in the doctrines of the Declaration of Independence, that all men are born free and…
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The humiliation of the North is complete and overwhelming.
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As a Senator I am opposed to duelling. As Ben. Wade, I recognize the code.
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But, sir, I shall take the path of duty and shall not swerve from it.
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I do not pretend to know precisely what is on foot there; but I think it pretty evident that there…
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If a man carries his horse out of a slave State into a free one, be does not lose his…
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More Anywhere Quotes
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I don't miss anything ever. Because to me, missing something is like going backward a little bit. I don't miss…
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There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere.
— Isaac Asimov
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It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching.
— Francis of Assisi
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Of course, some would say if you have a performing inclination, then you should become a lawyer. That's a platform…
— Rowan Atkinson
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Music can be made anywhere, is invisible and does not smell.
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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It seems to be a law in American life that whatever enriches us anywhere except in the wallet inevitably becomes…
— Russell Baker
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I'm the kind of person who does not want to be anywhere that I'm not wanted.
— Alec Baldwin
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My wife is the kind of girl who will not go anywhere without her mother, and her mother will go…
— John Barrymore
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If a man cannot be a Christian in the place where he is, he cannot be a Christian anywhere.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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In Vegas, you have an audience you can't find anywhere else. It's from all over the country. You play Seattle,…
— Lewis Black
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Anywhere, anytime ordinary people are given the chance to choose, the choice is the same: freedom, not tyranny; democracy, not…
— Tony Blair
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One day I realized that I wasn't getting anywhere by blaming other people for my circumstances. I finally understood: Even…
— Mary J. Blige
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