Charles Sumner Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by Charles Sumner:

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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I have never known a man who was sensual in his youth, who was high-minded when old.
~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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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/charles-sumner-quotes/#d7198b51

The true grandeur of humanity is in moral elevation, sustained, enlightened and decorated by the intellect of man.
~Charles Sumner


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/charles-sumner-quotes/#1338d847

The age of chivalry has gone; the age of humanity has come.
~Charles Sumner


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/charles-sumner-quotes/#a807cf22

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