Benjamin Wade Quotes & Sayings

Baseball was a dream I gathered more splinters than hits. — Frank Perdue

We certainly cannot have any further political connection with the Whigs of the South; they have rendered such connection impossible. An impassable gulf separates us, and must here-after separate us. — Benjamin F. Wade

How do I speak Spanish? Not too well. — Adam Sandler

Sir, I am no sycophant or worshipper of power anywhere. — Benjamin F. Wade

To my surprise, I discovered that I could act, and I liked it even better than boxing. — John Garfield

There is a feeling of deep universalism, in the wake of the splendid words of Democritus: "To a wise man, the whole earth is open, because the true country of a virtuous soul is the entire universe. — Carlo Rovelli

You can never conquer us, we will die first. — Benjamin F. Wade

I make mistakes and I move on. That's what I do, that's what I've always done. I leave, and other people leave. You're the first person in my whole life who stayed. And then you were taken away. But now you're here again ... and you're trying to leave me. That fucking hurts, too. — Jane Harvey-Berrick

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 tend to seduce the human heart are brought to bear. — Benjamin F. Wade

If a man carries his horse out of a slave State into a free one, be does not lose his property interest in him; but if he carries his slave into a free State, the law makes him free. — Benjamin F. Wade

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 Republic should both go into obscurity and darkness together. — Benjamin F. Wade

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

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

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

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 that some men are born slaves, and I regret that they are not black, so all the world might know them. — Benjamin F. Wade

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 road. — Benjamin F. Wade

Well, what are you going to do about it? — Benjamin F. Wade

I know the force women can exert in directing the course of events. — Helen Gahagan Douglas

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

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 and this body, and unless I am greatly mistaken, I see the dwarfish medium by which that communication is kept up. — Benjamin F. Wade

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 to contravene the doctrine. — Benjamin F. Wade

The humiliation of the North is complete and overwhelming. — Benjamin F. Wade

Go to heaven for the climate and hell for the company. — Benjamin Franklin Wade

I am not unaware how unpopular on this floor are the sentiments I am about to advocate. — Benjamin F. Wade

The more I paint the more I like everything. — Jean-Michel Basquiat

I thought you only had eyes for your ship."
God, she was beautiful. "Until I met you. — Lisa Kessler

For the individual, as I can testify, a brief grounding in semantics, besides making philosophy unreadable, makes unreadable most political speeches, classical economic theory, after-dinner oratory, diplomatic notes, newspaper editorials, treatises on pedagogics and education, expert financial comment, dissertations on money and credit, accounts of debates, and Great Thoughts from Great Thinkers in general. You would be surprised at the amount of time this saves. — Stuart Chase

I have many shortcomings. I feel very lucky to have been able to have what I've had. — Joshua Lederberg