“We have not attained an ideal condition. Not all of our people are happy and prosperous; not all of them are virtuous and law-abiding. But on the whole the opportunities offered to the individual to secure the comforts of life are better than are found elsewhere and largely better than they were here one hundred years ago.”
More from Benjamin Harrison
“The community that by concert, open or secret, among its citizens denies to a portion of…”
“The emancipation proclamation was heard in the depths of the earth as well as in the sky;…”
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“The colored people did not intrude themselves upon us. They were brought here in chains…”