As a Senator I am opposed to duelling. As Ben. Wade, I recognize the code.
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.
Sir, I am no sycophant or worshipper of power anywhere.
I am amazed at the facility with which some men follow in the wake of slavery.
The humiliation of the North is complete and overwhelming.
I know how easy it is for some minds to glide along with the current of popular opinion, where influence, respectability, and all those motives which tend to seduce the human heart are brought to bear.