Horace Greeley - Quotes

Quotes

  • “It is impossible to enslave mentally or socially a Bible-reading people. The principles of the Bible are the groundwork of human freedom.”
  • "Go west, young man. ( However, see this link regarding the controversy over the origin of the quote )"
  • Horace Greeley's The American Conflict (1864) is the source for President Andrew Jackson allegedly saying, after the Supreme Court ruling in Worcester v. Georgia, "John Marshall has made his decision: now let him enforce it!"

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