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Treat the negro as a citizen and a voter, as he is and must remain,…

Quote byUlysses S. Grant · 1822–1885

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Sixth State of the Union Address (1874).

English (original)

Treat the negro as a citizen and a voter, as he is and must remain, and soon parties will be divided, not on the color line, but on principle.

— Ulysses S. Grant

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