Henry Wilson Quotes

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When the Union needs my poor support, in peace or in war, I induge the hope that I shall not fail in the performance of any duty which may be required me. At any rate, I hope not to fall behind that class of men who are, on all occasions, blurting their devotion to the Union into the unwilling ears of the country.

Henry Wilson
Equality before the law of all men, no matter where they born, or from what race they sprung, is the sentiment of the people.

Henry Wilson
He has many good qualities, some of which lie hidden, and he has many bad ones, all of which are in the shop window.

Henry Wilson
Upon the question simply of equality of rights, I believe in the equality of all men of every race, blood, and kindred.

Henry Wilson
I believe in the equality of rights of all mankind.

Henry Wilson
We are strong and powerful now, able to drive into the ocean any power on earth that should step, with ostile foot, upon the fsoil of the republic. But it was not always so. In our days of weakness, the men of this wronged race gave their blood freely for the defense and liberties of the country. The first victim of the Boston Massacre, on the 5th of March 1770, which made the fires of resistance burn more intensely, was a colored man. Hundreds of colored men entered the ranks and fought bravely on all the fields of the Revolution.

Henry Wilson
The idea which pervades our Constitution; that all men of every race are equal before the laws.

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The natural equality of all men I believe in, as far as rights are concerned.

Henry Wilson
I believe that every human being has the right to his life and to his liberty, and to act in this world so as to secure his own happiness.

Henry Wilson