Quote from Gerrit Smith 

"I do not subscribe to the doctrine that the people are the slaves and property of their government. I believe that government is for the use of the people, and not the people for the use of the government."

Quote by:
Gerrit Smith
(1797-1874)
Source:
Speech, House of Representatives, 27 June 1854
 
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