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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.

~Gerrit Smith

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Let the poor man count as his enemy, and his worst enemy, every invader of the right of free discussion.

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I need say no more, to prove that slavery is entirely unlike the servitude in the patriarchal families.

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I do not subscribe to the doctrine that the people are the slaves and property of their government. I believe that government is for the use of the people, and not the people for the use of the government.

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As this is the first time I have had the floor, it may be well for me now to confess, that I am in the habit of freely imputing errors to my fellow-men.

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But as well may you, when urging a man up-hill with a heavy load upon his back, and with your lash also upon his back, tell him, that be has nothing to do either with the load or the lash.

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But I love honesty, and, therefore; do I make great account of facts.

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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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God cannot approve of a system of servitude, in which the master is guilty of assuming absolute power - of assuming God's place and relation towards his fellow-men.

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I am a plain man, and I care and know comparatively little about rhetoric.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: March 6th, 1797

Died: December 28th, 1874

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