Charles Sumner quotes

" The true grandeur of humanity is in moral elevation, sustained, enlightened and decorated by the intellect of man. " # Humankind # Morality # Intelligence and Intellectuals

" The age of chivalry has gone; the age of humanity has come. " # Humankind # Courage # Age and Aging

" I have never known a man who was sensual in his youth, who was high-minded when old. " # Sensuality # Youth # Age and Aging

" From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromise that human rights have been ;abandoned. " # Compromise # Business # Patriotism