Author: William H. Seward

Quotes

The United States are a political state, or organized society, whose end is government, for the security, welfare, and happiness of all who live under its protection.

The United States are a political state, or organized society, whose end is government, for the security, welfare, and happiness of all who live under its protection.

- William H. Seward

I deem it established, then, that the Constitution does not recognize property in man, but leaves that question, as between the states, to the law of nature and of nations.

I deem it established, then, that the Constitution does not recognize property in man, but leaves that question, as between the states, to the law of nature and of nations.

- William H. Seward

The right to have a slave implies the right in some one to make the slave; that right must be equal and mutual, and this would resolve society into a state of perpetual war.

The right to have a slave implies the right in some one to make the slave; that right must be equal and mutual, and this would resolve society into a state of perpetual war.

- William H. Seward

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