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Benjamin Butler Quotes

1818–1893 United States

Benjamin Franklin Butler (5 November 1818 – 11 January 1893) was an American politician and soldier during the American Civil War.

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Also known as: Benjamin Butler (politician)

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The true touchstone of civil liberty is not that all men are equal but that every man has the right to be the equal of every other man – if he can.

I was always a friend of Southern rights, but an enemy of Southern wrongs.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Benjamin Butler (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.