"Douglas, no man will ever be President of the United States who spells 'negro' with two gs."
— William H. Seward

January 1, 1970

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Lawyers from the United StatesAbolitionistsPoliticians from New York (state)United States presidential candidates, 1860Governors of New York
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A retort to Stephen A. Douglas on the Senate floor, after the Illinois senator used an offensive slur in a speech. As quoted in Team of Rivals (2006), by Doris Kearns Goodwin (New York: Simon and Schuster), p. 163.