"Once I should have been, if not satisfied,……" — Salmon P. Chase
"Once I should have been, if not satisfied, partially, at least, contented with suffrage for the intelligent and those who have been soldiers; now I am convinced that universal suffrage is demanded by sound policy and impartial justice."
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Salmon P. Chase
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21 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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True Democracy makes no enquiry about the color of the skin, or the place of nativity. Wherever it sees a…
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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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My agency in promoting the passage of the National Bank Act was the greatest financial mistake of my life. It…
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The law of the Creator, which invests every human being with an inalienable title to freedom, cannot be repealed by…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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