Charles Sumner Quotes

"The true grandeur of humanity is in moral elevation, sustained, enlightened and decorated by the intellect of man."
- Charles Sumner
(Related: Humanity, Intellect)

"No true and permanent fame can be founded except in labors which promote the happiness of mankind."
- Charles Sumner
(Related: Happiness, Fame, Mankind)

"From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromise that human rights have been abandoned."
- Charles Sumner
(Related: History, Beginning, Compromise, Country, Rights, Human rights)

"I have never known a man who was sensual in his youth, who was high-minded when old."
- Charles Sumner
(Related: Man, Old, Youth)