Quotes by Thaddeus Stevens
“The whole fabric of southern society must be changed, and it never can be done if this opportunity is lost.”— Thaddeus Stevens
“Sir, this doctrine of a white man's Government is as atrocious as the bottomless pit.”— Thaddeus Stevens
“Strip the proud nobility of their bloated estates, reduce them to a level with plain republicans, send them forth to labor and teach their children to enter the workshops or handle the plow, and you will thus humble the proud traitors.”— Thaddeus Stevens
“The institutions of this country are in the hands of an armed rebellion. The Government is in a death-grapple with them.”— Thaddeus Stevens
“I have chosen to be a Radical, and to be on the side of the Union and the rights of man.”— Thaddeus Stevens
“The future condition of the conquered power depends on the will of the conqueror.”— Thaddeus Stevens