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We are fully determined to stand by the Republican Party and the government.

— Joseph Hayne Rainey Speech on the KKK (1871)

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I say to you gentlemen, that this discrimination against the Negro race in this country is unjust, is unworthy of a high-minded people whose example should have a salutary influence in the world.

Speech on Civil Rights Act (1873)

We love freedom more, vastly more, than slavery. Consequently, we hope to keep clear of the Democrats!

I think the statistics will prove that there is as much virtue among the Negroes as among the whites.

Speech on Civil Rights Act (1873)

We intend to continue to vote so long as the government gives us the right and necessary protection; and I know that right accorded to us now will never be withheld in the future if left to the Republican Party.

People I represent, to the extent of the opportunities which they have had, and considering how recently they have escaped from the oppression and wrongs committed upon them, are just as virtuous and hold just as many high characteristics as any class in the country.

Speech on Civil Rights Act (1873)

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The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.

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Bureaucracy and social harmony are inversely proportional to each other.

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There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.

John Adams

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