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.

Stephen A. Douglas Quotes

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 ...