David Wilmot Quotations

Come in every time you're in D.C. and teach me about the oceans. They didn't do that when I was a scientist in Washington. It's different now. All of a sudden, they've realized that there's more in this for them.

Is that the type of vote that we would like to see? No. Do we understand that vote? Yes, we do. Property rights are a very big issue for him. These are trade-offs that are difficult, but they are the trade-offs that exist today.

Is that the type of vote that we would like to see? No, ... Do we understand that vote? Yes, we do. Property rights are a very big issue for him. These are trade-offs that are difficult, but they are the trade-offs that exist today.

The unproductive tillage of human cattle takes that which of right belongs to free labor, and which is necessary for the support and happiness of our own race.

Black people are inferior to Caucasians. Blacks constitute a totally distinct group; they overshadow the country with the germ... of evil.

White laborers known for their enterprise, their diligence, their economy, which builds up new empires in the West.

We are remaining exclusively focused on the oceans. We do not get into social issues, we do not even get into environmental records.

Either do it with Republicans or don't waste your time. Republicans run the government. If you do not work with them, you will not be successful.

Congress would exclude slavery from any territory that in the future might be acquired from Mexico.