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5 quotes by Robert Charles Winthrop

Robert Charles Winthrop (May 12, 1809—November 16, 1894) was an American lawyer and philanthropist and one time Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. He is a descendant of John Winthrop.
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There are no points of the compass on the chart of true patriotism.

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Men, in a word, must necessarily be controlled, either by a power within them, or by a power without them; either by the word of God, or by the... →

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Slavery is but half abolished, emancipation is but half completed, while millions of freeman with votes in their hands are left without education.

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Our country - whether bounded by the St. John's and the Sabine, or however otherwise bounded or described, and be the measurements more or less;... →

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A star for every State, and a State for every star.

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