Benjamin F. Wade

We certainly cannot have any further political connection with the Whigs of the South; they have rendered such connection impossible. An impassable gulf separates us, and must here-after separate us.

Sometimes it leads me even to hesitate whether I am strictly correct in my idea that all men are born to equal rights, for their conduct seems to me to contravene the doctrine.

I am amazed at the facility with which some men follow in the wake of slavery.

A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.

If a horse has four legs, and I'm riding it, I think I can win.

I am a big one for subtlety and empathy. My dad was softly spoken and didn't carry his honours and accomplishments for everyone to see.