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" I hold that, notwithstanding all this, there is no reason in the world why the negro is not entitled to all the natural rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence — the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I hold that he is... "
Great Debates in American History: State rights (1798-1861); slavery (1858-1861) - Page 128
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Abraham Lincoln

Rose Strunsky - Presidents - 1914 - 392 pages
...agree with Judge Douglas. He (the Negro) is not my equal in many respects — certainly not in colour, perhaps not in moral or intellectual endowment. But...the leave of anybody else, which his own hand earns, \J he is my equal and the equal of Judge Douglas, and the equal of every living man." This much-quoted...
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The Fifth Reader

Martha Adelaide Holton, Charles Madison Curry - Readers - 1914 - 308 pages
...rights [named] in the Declaration of Independence ... I agree with 225 Judge Douglas, he [the negro] is not my equal in many respects — certainly not in color, perhaps not in moral or intellectual endowments. But, in the right to eat the bread, without the leave of anybody else, 230 which his own...
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Abraham Lincoln, the Lawyer-statesman

John Thomas Richards - Biography & Autobiography - 1916 - 312 pages
...happiness. I hold that he is as much entitled to these as the white man. I agree with Judge Douglas that he is not my equal in many respects — certainly...endowment. But in the right to eat the bread, without leave of anybody else, which his own hand earns, he is my equal and the equal of Judge Douglas and...
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Abraham Lincoln, the Lawyer-statesman

John Thomas Richards - Biography & Autobiography - 1916 - 314 pages
...not entitled to all the natural rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence, the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I hold...these as the white man. I agree with Judge Douglas that he is not my equal in many respects — certainly not in color, perhaps not in moral or intellectual...
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Abraham Lincoln, the Lawyer-statesman

John Thomas Richards - Lawyers - 1916 - 314 pages
...not entitled to all the natural rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence, the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I hold...these as the white man. I agree with Judge Douglas that he is not my equal in many respects — certainly not in color, perhaps not in moral or intellectual...
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Abraham Lincoln as a Man of Letters

Luther Emerson Robinson - 1918 - 376 pages
...not entitled to all the natural rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence — the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I hold...respects — certainly not in color, perhaps not in moral'and intellectual endowments. But in the right to eat bread, without leave of anybody else, which...
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Secession and Constitutional Liberty: In which is Shown the Right ..., Volume 2

Bunford Samuel - Constitutional law - 1920 - 448 pages
...not entitled to all the natural rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence—the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I hold...agree with Judge Douglas he is not my equal in many respects—certainly not in color, perhaps not in moral or intellectual endowment. But in the right...
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The Making of Our Country: A History of the United States for Schools

Smith Burnham - United States - 1920 - 730 pages
...not entitled to all the natural rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence — the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I hold that he is not my equal in color, perhaps not in moral or intellectual endowments. But in the right to eat the...
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A Beginner's History

William Harrison Mace - United States - 1921 - 530 pages
...natural rights [named] in the Declaration of Independence ... I agree with Judge Douglas, he [the negro] is not my equal in many respects — certainly not in color, perhaps not in moral or intellectual endowments. But, in the right to eat the bread, without the leave of anybody else, which his own hand...
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Proposal & Ratification of Amendments to the Constitution of the U.S ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1923 - 98 pages
...not entitled to all the natural lights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence — the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I hold...he is as much entitled to these as the white man. " Again and upon a subsequent occasion, referring to the same subject in a public ipeech. he said:...
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