James Henry Hammond quotes
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“Sir, I do firmly believe that domestic slavery, regulated as ours is, produces the highest toned, the purest, best organization of society that has ever existed on the face of the earth.”
-- James Henry HammondSource : James Henry Hammond (1866). “Selections from the Letters and Speeches of the Hon. James H. Hammond: Of South Carolina”, p.45
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“The moment this House undertakes to legislate upon this subject slavery, it dissolves the Union. Should it be my fortune to have a seat upon this floor, I will abandon it the instant the first decisive step is taken looking towards legislation of this subject. I will go home to preach, and if I can, practice, disunion, and civil war, if needs be. A revolution must ensue, and this republic sink in blood.”
-- James Henry HammondSource : James Henry Hammond (1836). “Remarks of Mr. Hammond, of South Carolina, on the Question of Receiving Petitions for the Abolition of Slavery in the District of Columbia”, p.12
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“Slavery can never be abolished.”
-- James Henry HammondSource : James Henry Hammond (1836). “Remarks of Mr. Hammond, of South Carolina, on the Question of Receiving Petitions for the Abolition of Slavery in the District of Columbia”, p.13
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“In all social systems there must be a class to do the menial duties, to perform the drudgery of life. That is, a class requiring but a low order of intellect and but little skill. Its requisites are vigor, docility, fidelity. Such a class you must have, or you would not have that other class which leads progress, civilization, and refinement.”
-- James Henry HammondSource : James Henry Hammond (1866). “Selections from the Letters and Speeches of the Hon. James H. Hammond: Of South Carolina”, p.318
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“The very mudsills of society. We call them slaves. But I will not characterize that class at the North with that term; but you have it. It is there, it is everywhere, it is eternal.”
-- James Henry HammondSource : Speech in the U. S. Senate, March 1858.
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“I think then I may safely conclude and I firmly believe that American slavery is not only not a sin but especially commanded by God through Moses and approved by Christ through His Apostles.”
-- James Henry HammondSource : David Christy, Albert Taylor Bledsoe, William Harper, Thornton Stringfellow, James Henry Hammond (1860). “Cotton is king”, p.636
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“I endorse without reserve the much-abused sentiment of Gov. M'Duffie, that "slavery is the corner stone of our Republican edifice;" while I repudiate, as ridiculously absurd, that much-lauded but nowhere accredited dogma of Mr. Jefferson, that "all men are born equal.”
-- James Henry HammondSource : James Henry Hammond (1866). “Selections from the Letters and Speeches of the Hon. James H. Hammond: Of South Carolina”, p.126
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Source : A. J. Muste's statement of 1941, as quoted in Howard Zinn "A People's History" (p. 416), 1980, and later quoted in Howard Zinn "The Twentieth Century: A People's History" (p. 159), May 9, 1984.
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“War is not an accident. It is the logical outcome of a certain way of life.”
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Source : A J P Taylor (1974). “The First World War: An Illustrated History”, p.15, Penguin UK
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Source : A. B. Simpson (1987). “Missionary Messages: For a Church that Needs to Hear”, p.23, Moody Publishers
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Source : "'An incredible container for transformation'". The Believer interview, logger.believermag.com. May 9, 2014.
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