Quote#Death
The march of events has at length brought us face to face with the…
Quote byAnna Elizabeth Dickinson · 1842–1932
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "Universal Liberty (May 7, 1867).
English (original)
The march of events has at length brought us face to face with the question which cannot be said to be one of public expediency and of military necessity. To-day the question presented to us is one of abstract right and wrong. The republican party must proclaim as its watchword universal liberty if it ever hopes to win, and if it ever repudiates that watchword it must die.
— Anna Elizabeth Dickinson
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