Excellence Quote by Charles Sumner

“The true greatness of nations is in those qualities which constitute the greatness of the individual.”

Charles Sumner

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Nothing from man's hands, nor law, nor constitution, can be final. Truth alone is final.

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No true and permanent fame can be founded, except in labors which promote the happiness of mankind.

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The highest greatness, surviving time and stone, is that which proceeds from the soul of man. Monarchs and cabinets, generals and admirals, with the…

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Give me the centralism of liberty; give me the imperialism of equal rights.

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Without knowledge there can be no sure progress. Vice and barbarism are the inseparable companions of ignorance. Nor is it too much to say…

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By the Law of Slavery, man, created in the image of God, is divested of the human character, and declared to be a mere…

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Without security, civilization is cramped and dwarfed. Without security, there can be no freedom. Nor shall I say too much, when I declare that…

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From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromise that human rights have been abandoned.

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I have never known a man who was sensual in his youth, who was high-minded when old.

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The thought of going abroad makes my heart leap.

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