"My agency in promoting the passage of the……" — Salmon P. Chase
"My agency in promoting the passage of the National Bank Act was the greatest financial mistake of my life. It has built up a monopoly, which affects every interest in the country. It should be repealed, but before that can be accomplished, the people will be arrayed on one side and the banks on the other, in a contest such as we have never before seen in this country."
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Salmon P. Chase
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22 Quotes by Salmon P. Chase
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A resignation is a grave act; never performed by a right minded man without forethought or with reserve.
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How wrong it is for those who love, not to express their love.
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States Rights died at Appomattox.
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The Constitution, in all its provisions, looks to an indestructible Union composed of indestructible States.
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The way to resumption is to resume.
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What can be indissoluble if a perpetual Union, made more perfect, is not?
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If Congress sees fit to impose a capitation, or other direct tax, it must be laid in proportion to the…
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The law of the Creator, which invests every human being with an inalienable title to freedom, cannot be repealed by…
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My agency in promoting the passage of the National Banking Act was the greatest mistake of my life. It has…
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I never refused my help to any person black or white; and I liked the office nonetheless because there were…
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Once I should have been, if not satisfied, partially, at least, contented with suffrage for the intelligent and those who…
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