American - Politician | October 27, 1800 - March 2, 1878
To morrow, I believe, is to be an eclipse of the sun, and I think it perfectly meet and proper that the sun in the heavens, and the glory of the Republic should both go into obscurity and darkness together.
Benjamin F. Wade
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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.
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I am amazed at the facility with which some men follow in the wake of slavery.
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I am not unaware how unpopular on this floor are the sentiments I am about to advocate.
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But, sir, I shall take the path of duty and shall not swerve from it.
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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.
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You can never conquer us, we will die first.
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As a Senator I am opposed to duelling. As Ben. Wade, I recognize the code.
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I am not unconscious of the persuasive power exerted by these considerations to drag men along in the current; but I am not at liberty to travel that road.
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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.
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I may fall here in the Senate chamber, but I will. never make any compromise with any such men.
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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.
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