Can you look forward to the future of our country and imagine any state of things in which, with slavery still existing, we should be assured of permanent peace? I cannot.
Robert Dale OwenAbout author
- Author's profession: Politician
- Nationality: scottish
- Born: November 7, 1801
- Died: June 24, 1877
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