William H. Seward Quotes

May 16, 1801 – October 10, 1872

William Henry Seward, Sr. (May 16, 1801 – October 10, 1872) was Governor of New York, United States Senator and United States Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson.

He is the most gentle-looking and amiable of men. Every word and look indicate sincerity of heart, even to guilelessness.

Journal entry (27 February 1849) on President Zachary Taylor, published in The Autobiography of William H. Seward (1877).

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It is an irrepressible conflict between opposing and enduring forces.

William H. Seward
— Speech, The Irrepressible Conflict. Oct. 25, 1858.

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The 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. Seward
— Argument as defense attorney during the trial of an African-American criminal defendant, Auburn, New York (July 1846), published in Works of William H. Seward, vol. I (New York: Redfield, 1853), p. 417.

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There is no social life outside of Christendom.

William H. Seward
— Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 142.

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Whatever 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. Seward
— Memorandum to President Abraham Lincoln (1 April 1861).

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I know and all the world knows, that revolutions never go backwards.

William H. Seward
— Speech on the "Irrepressible Conflict" (October 1858).

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