It is an irrepressible conflict between opposing and enduring forces.
William H. SewardThe color of the prisoner’s skin, and the form of his features, are not impressed upon the spiritual immortal mind which works beneath. In spite of human pride, he is still your brother, and mine, in form and color accepted and approved by his Father, and yours, and mine, and bears equally with us the proudest inheritance of our race — the image of our Maker. Hold him then to be a Man.
William H. SewardThere is no social life outside of Christendom.
William H. SewardWhatever policy we adopt, there must be an energetic prosecution of it. For this purpose it must be somebody's business to pursue and direct it incessantly.
William H. SewardI know and all the world knows, that revolutions never go backwards.
William H. Seward