 | Abraham Lincoln - History - 1989 - 946 pages
...forever forbid their living together on the footing of perfect equality, and inasmuch as it becomes a necessity that there must be a difference, I as well...race to which I belong having the superior position." [Cheers, "That's the doctrine."] "I have never said anything to the contrary, but I hold that, notwithstanding... | |
 | Robert Andrews - Reference - 1989 - 414 pages
...of perfect equality; and inasmuch as it becomes a necessity that there must be a difference, I ... am in favor of the race to which I belong having the superior position. Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American president Whites must be made to realize that they are only human,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln, Stephen A. Douglas - Biography & Autobiography - 1991 - 474 pages
...forever forbid their living together on the footing of perfect equality, and inasmuch as it becomes a necessity that there must be a difference, I as well...race to which I belong having the superior position." [Cheers, "That's the doctrine."] "I have never said anything to the contrary, but I hold that, notwithstanding... | |
 | Garry Wills - Death - 1992 - 324 pages
...the claims of the Declaration as mildly as possible, and it still cannot be reconciled with slavery: I, as well as Judge Douglas, am in favor of the race to which I belong having the [socially] superior position. I have never said anything to the contrary, but I hold that, notwithstanding... | |
 | Robert A. Goldwin - History - 1997 - 236 pages
...Speeches and Writings, ed. Roy P. Basier (Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1946), p.445: "There is no reason in the world why the negro is not entitled...the natural rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence—the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I hold that he is as much... | |
 | James S. Fishkin - Political Science - 1997 - 270 pages
...Nevertheless, he defended the application to blacks of the rights defined in the Declaration. "There is no reason in the world why the negro is not entitled to all the rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence, the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of... | |
 | Gary L. McDowell, L. Sharon Noble, Sharon L. Noble - Biography & Autobiography - 1997 - 350 pages
...Independence, he thought, did not mean that all men were created equal in all respects. But, he went on, there is no reason in the world why the Negro is not entitled to all the rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence — the right of life, liberty and the pursuit... | |
 | Digital Scanning Inc - History - 1999 - 278 pages
...forbid their ever living together upon the footing of perfect equality, and inasmuch as it becomes a necessity that there must be a difference, I, as well...belong having the superior position. I have never said any thing to the contrary, but I hold that, notwithstanding all this, there is no reason in the world... | |
 | Stephen B. Oates - History - 2009 - 522 pages
...forever forbid their living together upon the footing of perfect equality, and inasmuch as it becomes a necessity that there must be a difference, I, as well...to which I belong, having the superior position." I glowed with satisfaction. I had made him agree with me. But then he turned about and stuck his foot... | |
 | Chunchang Gao - History - 2000 - 340 pages
...Blacks. Abrabam Lincoln stressed. were entitled to equality with whites in certain respects: There is no reason in the world why the negro is not entitled to all the rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence. the right to life. libem. and the pursuit of... | |
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I have no purpose to introduce political and social equality between the white and the black races. There is a physical difference between the two, which in my judgment, will probably forever forbid their living together upon the footing of perfect equality;... 
