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Former United States Senator

Charles Sumner, born on January 6, 1811, and died on March 11, 1874, was a prominent American politician, lawyer, and abolitionist. He served as a United States Senator and was a leading advocate for the abolition of slavery and civil rights, profoundly influencing the American Civil War and the abolition movement.

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Famous Charles Sumner Quotes

“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.”

“Can there be in our age any peace that is not honorable, any war that is not dishonorable?”

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“From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromise that human rights have been abandoned.”

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