Stephen A. Douglas Quote

I hold that a Negro is not and never ought to be a citizen of the United States. I hold that this government was made on the white basis; made by the white men, for the benefit of white men and their posterity forever, and should be administered by white men and none others.


In 1858.


I hold that a Negro is not and never ought to be a citizen of the United States. I hold that this government was made on the white basis; made by the ...

I hold that a Negro is not and never ought to be a citizen of the United States. I hold that this government was made on the white basis; made by the ...

I hold that a Negro is not and never ought to be a citizen of the United States. I hold that this government was made on the white basis; made by the ...

I hold that a Negro is not and never ought to be a citizen of the United States. I hold that this government was made on the white basis; made by the ...