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17 quotes by Benjamin F. Wade

Benjamin Franklin "Bluff" Wade (October 27, 1800 – March 2, 1878) was a United States Senator during Civil War reconstruction known for his leading role among the Radical Republicans. Had the impeachment of Andrew Johnson in 1868 led to a conviction at trial in the Senate, he would have assumed the presidential powers and duties.
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To morrow, I believe, is to be an eclipse of the sun, and I think it perfectly meet and proper that the sun in the heavens, and the glory of the... →

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I am not unconscious of the persuasive power exerted by these considerations to drag men along in the current; but I am not at liberty to travel that... →

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I know how easy it is for some minds to glide along with the current of popular opinion, where influence, respectability, and all those motives which... →

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Sir, I am no sycophant or worshipper of power anywhere.

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You can never conquer us, we will die first.

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We certainly cannot have any further political connection with the Whigs of the South; they have rendered such connection impossible. An impassable... →

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I do not pretend to know precisely what is on foot there; but I think it pretty evident that there is a very free communication between that country... →

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But, sir, I shall take the path of duty and shall not swerve from it.

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I may fall here in the Senate chamber, but I will. never make any compromise with any such men.

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I am amazed at the facility with which some men follow in the wake of slavery.

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As a Senator I am opposed to duelling. As Ben. Wade, I recognize the code.

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I have always believed, heretofore, in the doctrines of the Declaration of Independence, that all men are born free and equal; but of late it appears... →

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Sometimes it leads me even to hesitate whether I am strictly correct in my idea that all men are born to equal rights, for their conduct seems to me... →

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