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William H. Seward quotes: Revolutions never go backward.

Revolutions never go backward.

William H. Seward quotes: No man will ever be president of the United States who spells Negro with two g's.

No man will ever be president of the United States who spells Negro with two g's.

William H. Seward quotes: I know and all the world knows, that revolutions never go backwards.

I know and all the world knows, that revolutions never go backwards.

William H. Seward quotes: It is an irrepressible conflict between opposing and enduring forces.

It is an irrepressible conflict between opposing and enduring forces.

William H. Seward quotes: A party with one idea; but that is a noble idea ... the idea of equality - the equality of all men before human tribunals and human laws.

A party with one idea; but that is a noble idea ... the idea of equality - the equality of all men before human tribunals and human laws.

William H. Seward quotes: Can nothing be done for freedom because the public conscience is inert?

Can nothing be done for freedom because the public conscience is inert?

William H. Seward quotes: Sir, there is no Christian nation, thus free to choose as we are, which would establish slavery.

Sir, there is no Christian nation, thus free to choose as we are, which would establish slavery.

William H. Seward quotes: There is no social life outside of Christendom.

There is no social life outside of Christendom.

William H. Seward quotes: It would be contrary to the spirit of the American Government to use force to subjugate the South.

It would be contrary to the spirit of the American Government to use force to subjugate the South.

William H. Seward quotes: But there is a higher law than the Constitution, which regulates our authority over the domain, and devotes it to the same noble purposes.

But there is a higher law than the Constitution, which regulates our authority over the domain, and devotes it to the same noble purposes.

William H. Seward quotes: There is a higher law than the Constitution.

There is a higher law than the Constitution.

William H. Seward quotes: We show our sympathy with slavery by emancipating slaves where we cannot reach them, and holding them in bondage where we can set them free.

We show our sympathy with slavery by emancipating slaves where we cannot reach them, and holding them in bondage where we can set them free.

William H. Seward quotes: Therefore, states are equal in natural rights.

Therefore, states are equal in natural rights.

William H. Seward quotes: The two systems slave and free-labor are incompatible. They have never permanently existed together in one country, and they never can.

The two systems slave and free-labor are incompatible. They have never permanently existed together in one country, and they never can.

William H. Seward quotes: The whole hope of human progress is suspended on the ever-growing influence of the Bible.

The whole hope of human progress is suspended on the ever-growing influence of the Bible.

William H. Seward quotes: But I deny that the Constitution recognizes property in man.

But I deny that the Constitution recognizes property in man.