The future condition of the conquered power depends on the will of the conquerer. Thaddeus Stevens
The future condition of the conquered power depends on the will of the conquerer.
Strip the proud nobility of their bloated estates, reduce them to a level with plain republicans, send forth to labor, and teach their children to enter the workshops or handle the plow, and you will thus humble proud traitors. Thaddeus Stevens
Strip the proud nobility of their bloated estates, reduce them to a level with plain republicans, send forth to labor, and teach their children to enter the workshops or handle the plow, and you will thus humble proud traitors.
