The Right To Have A Slave Implies The Right In Some One To Make The Slave; That Right Must Be Equal And Mutual, And This Would Resolve Society Into A State Of Perpetual War. - SearchQuotes

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The right to have a slave implies the right in some one to make the slave; that right must be equal and mutual, and this would resolve society into a state of perpetual war.

William H Seward

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