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Preservation of the Union was not a partisan policy.

Harry V. Jaffa

The one unforgivable sin, according to dominant Southern public opinion, was moral condemnation of slavery.

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Diversity in the service of freedom might be a very good thing. Diversity in the service of slavery might be a very bad thing.

Harry V. Jaffa

The generation of the Founding Fathers, who certainly knew the story of Noah and his sons, nonetheless believed in the equality of the races.

Harry V. Jaffa

Relativism, positivism, and nihilism — modern doctrines which mock wisdom and scorn virtue — have at the dawn of the twenty-first century come to dominate.

Harry V. Jaffa

That one man can run faster than another is no reason to prevent the latter from entering the race. Indeed, until the race is run, how do we know who can run faster?

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According to Davis it did not require a Galileo or a Harvey (or a Darwin) to discover the natural inferiority of the Negro. All that was necessary was a visit to the District of Columbia jail!

Harry V. Jaffa