"I very much regret, in appearing before you……" — Robert Toombs

"I very much regret, in appearing before you at your request, to address you on the present state of the country, and the prospect before us, that I can bring you no good tidings."

— Robert Toombs

32 Quotes by Robert Toombs

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Give us equality of enjoyment, equal right to expansion - it is as necessary to our prosperity as yours.
There are courageous and honest men enough in both sections to fight. There is no question of courage involved. The…
Conflicting commercial regulations of the different States shackled and diminished both foreign and domestic trade; hence the power to regulate…
The firing on that fort will inaugurate a civil war greater than any the world has yet seen…you will lose…
Besides, we had a large debt, contracted at home and abroad in our War of Independence; therefore the great power…
Certainly there was no just cause of complaint from the Northern States - no advantage was ever sought or obtained…
Liberty, in its last analysis, is but the sweat of the poor and the blood of the brave.
The door of conciliation and compromise is finally closed by our adversaries, and it remains only to us to meet…
They all agree, they are all unanimous in Congress, in the States, on the rostrum, in the sanctuary - everywhere…
With these vast advantages, ordinary and extraordinary, one would have supposed the North would have been content, and would have…
The basis, the corner-stone of this Government, was the perfect equality of the free, sovereign, and independent States which made…
They enlarged the domains of commerce by treaties with all nations, upon the great principle of equal justice to all…

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The Postal Service delivers mail six days a week to nearly 140 million addresses. Every year this number increases by… — Joe Baca
The platform of an Ethical Society is itself the altar; the address must be the fire that burns thereon. — Felix Adler
No Congress ever has seen fit to amend the Constitution to address any issue related to marriage. No Constitutional Amendment… — Judy Biggert
President Bush in his inaugural address talked about bringing freedom to countries that don't have it. He didn't specify how. — Barbara Boxer
How you define a problem shapes how you address it. — John O. Brennan
Black people must address itself to the causes of poverty. That's oppression in this country. — H. Rap Brown
So after the Lewinsky scandal, everything changed, and we moved from using the Bible to address the moral issues of… — Tony Campolo
Liberals do not appear to address potential solutions with anything like the far right's aura of God-given self-confidence. — Eric Alterman
In 1847 I gave an address at Newton, Mass., before a Teachers' Institute conducted by Horace Mann. My subject was… — Louis Agassiz
The bigger the population gets, the more serious the problems become... We have to address the population issue. The United… — Gaylord Nelson
Immigration and border security remain critical issues that I am committed to addressing this year. The good news is that… — John McCain

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