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I am a member of this body. Therefore, sir, I shall neither fawn nor cringe before any party, nor stoop to beg . . . I am here to demand my rights, and to hurl thunderbolts at the men who would dare to cross the threshold of my manhood.

Source: Speech delivered in the Georgia Legislature to demand his seat, 3 Sep 1868.
-- Henry McNeal Turner, ( 1834-1915), US legislator, minister; He was elected to the Georgia legislature during Reconstruction, but Southern Democrats attempted to deny him his seat.

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