I know how easy it is for some minds to glide along with the current of popular opinion, where influence, respectability, and all those motives which tend to seduce the human heart are brought to bear.
More Quotes from Benjamin F. Wade:
If a man carries his horse out of a slave State into a free one, be does not lose his property interest in him; but if he carries his slave into a free State, the law makes him free.Benjamin F. Wade
Remember, gentlemen, you have, by your votes, in this free State of Ohio, so treated a part of her people, these black men and women.
Benjamin F. Wade
The humiliation of the North is complete and overwhelming.
Benjamin F. Wade
I do not pretend to know precisely what is on foot there; but I think it pretty evident that there is a very free communication between that country and this body, and unless I am greatly mistaken, I see the dwarfish medium by which that communication is kept up.
Benjamin F. Wade
I have always believed, heretofore, in the doctrines of the Declaration of Independence, that all men are born free and equal; but of late it appears that some men are born slaves, and I regret that they are not black, so all the world might know them.
Benjamin F. Wade
You can never conquer us, we will die first.
Benjamin F. Wade
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Fame Quotes, Mind Quotes, Opinions QuotesBased on Keywords: glide, respectability, seduce
My wife and children seem to like me quite a bit, and as long as that is true, I'm really OK.
Brian Williams
All you may need to be happy is love, but to survive you need money!
Jason Zebehazy
For an introvert his environment is himself and can never be subject to startling or unforeseen change.
Quentin Crisp