Quote by Charles Sumner
From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted w

From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromise that human rights have been ;abandoned. – Charles Sumner

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No true and permanent fame can be founded except in labors which promote the happiness of mankind. – Charles Sumner

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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. – Charles Sumner

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The compromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it is compromising. – Arthur Bloch

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Your mind, which is yourself, can be likened to a house. The first necessary move then, is to rid that house of all but furnishings essential to success. – John D. MacDonald

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The English never draw a line without blurring it. – Sir Winston Churchill

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If you are not very clever, you should be conciliatory. – Benjamin Disraeli

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