Quote#Freedom
I endorse without reserve the much-abused sentiment of Gov. M'Duffie,…
Quote byJames Henry Hammond · 1807–1864
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Selections from the Letters and Speeches of the Hon. James H. Hammond, p. 126..
English (original)
I endorse without reserve the much-abused sentiment of Gov. M'Duffie, that "slavery is the corner stone of our Republican edifice;" while I repudiate, as ridiculously absurd, that much-lauded but nowhere accredited dogma of Mr. Jefferson, that "all men are born equal."
— James Henry Hammond
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