Salmon P. Chase Quotes


The Proclamation does not, indeed, mark out exactly the course I should myself prefer. But I am ready to take it just as it is written, and to stand by it with all my heart. Salmon P. Chase Course 111
A resignation is a grave act; never performed by a right minded man without forethought or with reserve. Salmon P. Chase Act 77
What can be indissoluble if a perpetual Union, made more perfect, is not? Salmon P. Chase Indissoluble 76
The President then proceeded to read his Emancipation Proclamation, making remarks on the several parts as he went on, and showing that he had fully considered the whole subject, in all lights under which it had been presented to him. Salmon P. Chase Considered 68
I never refused my help to any person black or white; and I liked the office nonetheless because there were neither fees nor salary connected with it. Salmon P. Chase Black 61
The child is pronounced pretty. I think it quite otherwise. Salmon P. Chase Child 52
What you have said, Mr. President, fully satisfies me that you have given to every proposition which has been made, a kind and candid consideration. And you have now expressed the conclusion to which you have arrived, clearly and distinctly. Salmon P. Chase Arrived 50
The law of the Creator, which invests every human being with an inalienable title to freedom, cannot be repealed by any interior law which asserts that man is property. Salmon P. Chase Asserts 45
Once I should have been, if not satisfied, partially, at least, contented with suffrage for the intelligent and those who have been soldiers; now I am convinced that universal suffrage is demanded by sound policy and impartial justice. Salmon P. Chase Contented 44
And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of all mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God. Salmon P. Chase Act 40
All men are born equally free. Salmon P. Chase Equality 30

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