John Albion Andrew

“I know not what record of sin awaits me in the other world, but this I know, that I was never mean enough to despise any man because he was ignorant, or because he was poor, or because he was black.”

“The great recognition of the brotherhood of man is the rock on which the security of this nation is built.”

“We only fought for the Union as a synonym for liberty and free government, and for the Union as an instrument of law and order.”

“Every drop of blood shed in this war has been shed in the cause of the legitimate Government.”