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Whatever policy we adopt, there must be an energetic prosecution of it. For this purpose it must be somebody's business to pursue and direct it incessantly.
William H. Seward
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William H. Seward
Age: 71 †
Born: 1801
Born: May 16
Died: 1872
Died: October 10
Diplomat
Former Governor Of New York
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Florida
New York
William Henry Seward
William Seward
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Therefore, states are equal in natural rights.
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But there is a higher law than the Constitution, which regulates our authority over the domain, and devotes it to the same noble purposes.
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I speak on due consideration because Britain, France, and Mexico, have abolished slavery, and all other European states are preparing to abolish it as speedily as they can.
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Sir, there is no Christian nation, thus free to choose as we are, which would establish slavery.
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I know and all the world knows, that revolutions never go backwards.
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It would be contrary to the spirit of the American Government to use force to subjugate the South.
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