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Benjamin F. Wade
1800 – 1878 • American • Politician
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Showing 3 quotesI have always believed, heretofore, in the doctrines of the Declaration of Independence, that all men are born free and equal; but of late it appears that some men are born slaves, and I regret that they are not black, so all the world might know them.— Benjamin F. Wade
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Independence
I do not pretend to know precisely what is on foot there; but I think it pretty evident that there is a very free communication between that country and this body, and unless I am greatly mistaken, I see the dwarfish medium by which that communication is kept up.— Benjamin F. Wade
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Communication