Charles Sumner Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

7 Famous Quotes by Charles Sumner
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“The phrase "public office is a public trust," has of last become common property.”
Public trust Quotes
Source: in a speech in the United States Senate
“From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromise that human rights have been abandoned.”
Compromise Quotes
“I have never known a man who was sensual in his youth, who was high-minded when old.”
Sensuality Quotes
“From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromise that human rights have been abandoned.”
Compromise Quotes
“The true grandeur of humanity is in moral elevation, sustained, enlightened and decorated by the intellect of man.”
Humanity Quotes
“I have never known a man who was sensual in his youth, who was high-minded when old.”
Sensuality Quotes
“Give me the money that has been spent in war and I will clothe every man, woman, and child in an attire of which kings and queens will be proud. I will build a schoolhouse in every valley over the whole earth. I will crown every hillside with a place of worship consecrated to peace.”
War Quotes