"They (the Secessionists) appealed to the Constitution, they……" — Robert Toombs
"They (the Secessionists) appealed to the Constitution, they appealed to justice, they appealed to fraternity, until the Constitution, justice, and fraternity were no longer listened to in the legislative halls of their country, and then, sir, they pr"
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32 Quotes by Robert Toombs
Robert Toombs has 32 quotes on this site.
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Give us equality of enjoyment, equal right to expansion - it is as necessary to our prosperity as yours.
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There are courageous and honest men enough in both sections to fight. There is no question of courage involved. The…
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Conflicting commercial regulations of the different States shackled and diminished both foreign and domestic trade; hence the power to regulate…
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The firing on that fort will inaugurate a civil war greater than any the world has yet seen…you will lose…
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Besides, we had a large debt, contracted at home and abroad in our War of Independence; therefore the great power…
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Certainly there was no just cause of complaint from the Northern States - no advantage was ever sought or obtained…
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Liberty, in its last analysis, is but the sweat of the poor and the blood of the brave.
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The door of conciliation and compromise is finally closed by our adversaries, and it remains only to us to meet…
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They all agree, they are all unanimous in Congress, in the States, on the rostrum, in the sanctuary - everywhere…
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I very much regret, in appearing before you at your request, to address you on the present state of the…
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With these vast advantages, ordinary and extraordinary, one would have supposed the North would have been content, and would have…
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The basis, the corner-stone of this Government, was the perfect equality of the free, sovereign, and independent States which made…
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More Appealed Quotes
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Ironically, the first thing that appealed to me about Islam was its pluralism. The fact that the Koran praises all…
— Karen Armstrong
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The fact that 'Astro Boy' appealed to me as a boy in America was proof that the story and character…
— Nicolas Cage
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God, for example, appealed to me as a beardless man wearing a quilted silk cap; holiness was something burning, forbidding,…
— Abraham Cahan
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All that we need explicitly to note is that, the more the passive attention is relied on, by keeping the…
— William James
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All that was required of them (i.e. the brain-washed masses) was a primitive patriotism which could be appealed to whenever…
— George Orwell
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The more I learnt about this cheeky - almost rebellious - company, the more it appealed to me, as it…
— Jonathan Ive
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He has such a patronizing tone and manner, and such a sarcastic sense of humor. I found him rather brutal,…
— Jeremy Northam
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There were also the razor marks on her wrists and forearms, half a dozen per arm, not very deep, not…
— Geoff Nicholson
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The prohibition is general. No clause in the Constitution could by any rule of construction be conceived to give to…
— William Rawle
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Man is appealed to be guided in his acts, not merely by love, which is always personal, or at best…
— Peter Kropotkin
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I have appealed to our own experience for the truth of what I advance on this subject [that the legislative…
— James Madison
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Let experience, the least fallible guide of human opinion, be appealed to for an answer to these inquiries.
— Alexander Hamilton
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