Quote by Robert Toombs
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The basis, the corner-stone of this Government, was the perfect equality of the free, sovereign, and independent States which made it. – Robert Toombs

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We have not sought this conflict we have sought too long to avoid it our forbearance has been construed into weakness, our magnanimity into fear, until the vindication of our manhood, as well as the defence of our rights, is required at our hands. – Robert Toombs

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Give us equality of enjoyment, equal right to expansion – it is as necessary to our prosperity as yours. – Robert Toombs

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All men are created equal, it is only men themselves who place themselves above equality. – David Allan Coe

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America, 5 years after this brutal attack, is testament that a Nation conceived in liberty and equality will endure. It is a triumph of millions of Americans but it is also the triumph of an idea larger than any one person, larger than any one nation. – Nick Rahall

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Educational equality doesnt guarantee equality on the labor market. Even the most developed countries are not gender-equal. There are still glass ceilings and leaky pipelines that prevent women from getting ahead in the workplace. – Michelle Bachelet

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Yugoslavia is a multinational community and it can survive only under the conditions of full equality for all nations that live in it. – Slobodan Milosevic

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Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without. – Henry David Thoreau

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Im not a romantic. – Jack Kevorkian

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