Charles Sumner Quotes

We have never dealt with the dollars we are dealing with today. - Charles Sumner

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

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

No true and permanent fame can be founded except in labors which promote the happiness of mankind. - Charles Sumner

I have never known a man who was sensual in his youth, who was high-minded when old. - Charles Sumner

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. - 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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