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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…

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The circumstances of the world are so variable that an irrevocable purpose or opinion is almost synonymous with a foolish one.
The two systems slave and free-labor are incompatible. They have never permanently existed together in one country, and they never can.
I have learned, by some experience, that virtue and patriotism, vice and selfishness, are found in all parties, and that they differ…
It is the maintenance of slavery by law in a state, not parallels of latitude, that makes its a southern state; and…
There is not only no free state which would now establish it, but there is no slave state, which, if it had…
I speak on due consideration because Britain, France, and Mexico, have abolished slavery, and all other European states are preparing to abolish…
Sir, there is no Christian nation, thus free to choose as we are, which would establish slavery.
There is a higher law than the Constitution.
We show our sympathy with slavery by emancipating slaves where we cannot reach them, and holding them in bondage where we can…
It would be contrary to the spirit of the American Government to use force to subjugate the South.
The constitution regulates our stewardship; the constitution devotes the domain to union, to justice, to defense, to welfare, and to liberty. But…
But there is a higher law than the Constitution, which regulates our authority over the domain, and devotes it to the same…

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Women are not going to be equal outside the home until men are equal in it. — Gloria Steinem
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I do not say that all men are equal in their ability, character and motivation. I do say that every American should… — John F. Kennedy
But assuming the same premises, to wit, that all men are equal by the law of nature and of nations, the right… — William H. Seward
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Gambling is the great leveller. All men are equal- at cards. — Nikolai Gogol

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