Quote#World
I hold that a Negro is not and never ought to be a citizen of the…
Quote byStephen A. Douglas · 1813–1861
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: In 1858.
English (original)
I hold that a Negro is not and never ought to be a citizen of the United States. I hold that this government was made on the white basis; made by the white men, for the benefit of white men and their posterity forever, and should be administered by white men and none others.
— Stephen A. Douglas
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