Josiah Quincy Quotes (2 Quotes)

If this bill for the admission of Orleans Territory as a State passes, it is my deliberate opinion that it is virtually a dissolution of the Union that it will free the States from their moral obligation and, as it will be the right of all, so it will be the duty of some, definitely to prepare for a separation, amicably if they can, violently if they must.

When you have a number of disagreeable duties to perform, always do the most disagreeable first.