I will say, then, that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races: that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people. β¨ Fourth Debate with Stephen A. Douglas, Charleston, Ill., 18 Sept. 1858
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