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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 centralism of liberty; give me the imperialism of equal rights.”

Giving Liberty Rights Equal Give Me Imperialism Equal Rights

Book:The Complete Works of Charles Sumner

Source: The Complete Works of Charles Sumner

“The highest greatness, surviving time and stone, is that which proceeds from the soul of man. Monarchs and cabinets, generals and admirals, with the pomp of court and the circumstance of war, in the lapse of time disappear from sight; but the pioneers of truth, though poor and lowly, especially those whose example elevates human nature, and teaches the rights of man, so that "a government of the people, by the people, for the people, may not perish from the earth;" such a harbinger can never be forgotten, and their renown spreads co-extensive with the cause they served so well.”

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

Humans Has Beens Country Political Rights Historical Human Rights Compromise Civil War Abandoned

Book:The Works of Charles Sumner

Source: The Works of Charles Sumner