Author: Benjamin F. Wade

Quotes

Sir, I am no sycophant or worshipper of power anywhere.

Sir, I am no sycophant or worshipper of power anywhere.

- Benjamin F. Wade

Sometimes it leads me even to hesitate whether I am strictly correct in my idea that all men are born to equal rights, for their conduct seems to me to contravene the doctrine.

Sometimes it leads me even to hesitate whether I am strictly correct in my idea that all men are born to equal rights, for their conduct seems to me to contravene the doctrine.

- Benjamin F. Wade

I am amazed at the facility with which some men follow in the wake of slavery.

I am amazed at the facility with which some men follow in the wake of slavery.

- Benjamin F. Wade

I may fall here in the Senate chamber, but I will. never make any compromise with any such men.

I may fall here in the Senate chamber, but I will. never make any compromise with any such men.

- Benjamin F. Wade

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