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Law Quotes by William H. Seward
- It is the maintenance of slavery by law in a state, not parallels of latitude, that makes its a southern state; and the absence of…
- There is a higher law than the Constitution.
- The constitution regulates our stewardship; the constitution devotes the domain to union, to justice, to defense, to welfare, and to liberty. But there is a…
- But there is a higher law than the Constitution, which regulates our authority over the domain, and devotes it to the same noble purposes.
- But assuming the same premises, to wit, that all men are equal by the law of nature and of nations, the right of property in…
- I deem it established, then, that the Constitution does not recognize property in man, but leaves that question, as between the states, to the law…
- But you answer, that the Constitution recognizes property in slaves. It would be sufficient, then, to reply, that this constitutional recognition must be void, because…
- A party with one idea; but that is a noble idea ... the idea of equality - the equality of all men before human tribunals…
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