To no human charter am I indebted for my rights.
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There is no room in our ranks for the politician, who, to secure the votes of the youth, would consent that American slavery be perpetual.Gerrit Smith
But, although America cannot be justly charged with violating the rights of Turkey, Turkey nevertheless can be justly charged with violating the rights of America.
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There is one class of men, whom it especially behoves to be tenacious of the right of free discussion. I mean the poor.
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The rich and the honorable, if divested of this right, have still their wealth and their honors to repose on, and to solace them.
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Our political and constitutional rights, so called, are but the natural and inherent rights of man, asserted, carried out, and secured by modes of human contrivance.
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The only ground on which a neutral State can claim respect at the hands of belligerents is, that, so far as she is concerned, their rights are protected.
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