“There's a sin, a fearful sin, resting on this nation, that will not go unpunished forever. There will be a reckoning yet.… — Solomon Northrup Copy Share Image
“The abolition of slavery, apart from preservation of the Union, was the most important result of our Civil War. But the transition… — William Silverman Copy Share Image
The brutalities of a fight with bare hands, the crushed nasal bones, maimed lips, and other disfigurements, which call for the utter… — John Boyle O'Reilly Copy Share Image
My great and exceeding joy over these stupendous achievements, especially over the abolition of slavery (which had been the deepest desire and… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
Slavery results from laws, laws are made by governments, and, therefore people can only be freed from slavery by the abolition of… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
It's a tract against capital punishment in the genre of Swift's Modest Proposal. I was simply following a formula to its logical… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
It is time for the rest of the world to join ... in demanding that ALL the nuclear weapons states -including Israel,… — Daniel Ellsberg Copy Share Image
On this International Day for the Abolition of Slavery let us reaffirm the inherent dignity of all men, women and children. And… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
“The rights paradigm, which, as I interpret it, morally requires the abolition of animal exploitation and requires veganism as a matter of… — GaryLFrancione Copy Share Image
“It was no longer a question of the Union as it was , that was to be reestablished; it was the Union… — Régis de Trobriand Copy Share Image
Anarchism is the abolition of exploitation and oppression of man by man, that is, the abolition of private property and government; Anarchism… — Errico Malatesta Copy Share Image
De-Christianizing America has been high on the progressive agenda, and, thanks to the government (especially the federal courts), it has been a… — Joseph Sobran Copy Share Image
“Democracy is a pretty word. Democracy is a captivating magic. The oppressed classes always wanted and the oppressing ones always promised a… — Todor Bombov Copy Share Image
A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The most important form of incremental change is the decision by the individual to become vegan. Veganism, or the eschewing of all… — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
Unpleasant questions are being raised about Mother's Day. Is this day necessary? . . . Isn't it bad public policy? . .… — Russell Baker Copy Share Image
The South was at the point where the scale was tipping against slavery. It was slowly dawning on the plantation owners that… — John Coleman Copy Share Image
I know war as few other men now living know it, and nothing to me is more revolting. I have long advocated… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
What Thomas DiLorenzo misses is that the other abolitions were either very limited as in the liberation of the serfs by Alexander… — Allen C. Guelzo Copy Share Image
While we see the Course of the final abolition of human Slavery is onward, & we give it the aid of our… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
“Trust was what made everything possible. Trust lent you someone else's eyes, someone else's strong arms or quick brain. Made you bigger… — Vic James Copy Share Image
When you think about the abolition of slavery for example, for the ruling class with the rich white people owning plantations and… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
You have not been mistaken in supposing my views and feeling to be in favor of the abolition of war. Of my… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Suggestion of the Communist Manifesto was 'abolition of all right of inheritance.' Looking backward upon the past history of estate taxes, we… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Only one rational path is open to us - simultaneous de-development of the [overdeveloped countries] and semi-development of the underdeveloped countries (UDCs),… — John Holdren Copy Share Image
Of course, some will say the goal [of abolition] is a utopian dream of human perfection. We needn't worry. There will be… — Jonathan Schell Copy Share Image
Some men say that they should be satisfied with the abolition of untouchability only, leaving the caste system alone. The aim of… — B. R. Ambedkar Copy Share Image
We often forget that the women's rights movement actually grew out of the abolition movement. It is really within abolitionism that many… — Manisha Sinha Copy Share Image
Those who advocate either slavery or income taxation should be ashamed of themselves. Genuine freedom entails the abolition, not the reform, of… — Jacob G. Hornberger Copy Share Image
Two decades ago, however, socialism and communism died rudely, then were buried forever by the empirical demonstration of the superiority of market… — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
Human beings are not property. On the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, let us reaffirm the inherent dignity of all… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
“For us the issue cannot be the alteration of private property but only its annihilation, not the smoothing over of class antagonisms… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
It is only by the abolition of the State, by the conquest of perfect liberty by the individual, by free agreement, association,… — Peter Kropotkin Copy Share Image
I believe the bicentenary offers us a chance not just to say how profoundly shameful the slave trade was - how we… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
We must show new energy in fighting back an old evil. Nearly two centuries after the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade,… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Tony Blair a couple years ago was going around apologizing for everything. He apologized for the Irish potato famine. The Canadian government… — Sean Hannity Copy Share Image
Many will tell you with mockery and ridicule that the abolition of war can only be a dream . . . But… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
It is a noteworthy fact that not one of the women to whom I have spoken so far believes in abortion as… — Margaret Sanger Copy Share Image
The curse of poverty has no justification in our age. It is socially as cruel and blind as the practice of cannibalism… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Even granting that we [humans] face greater harm than laboratory animals presently endure if ... research on these animals is stopped, the… — Tom Regan Copy Share Image
![“You have not been mistaken in supposing my views and feeling to be in favor of the abolition of war. Of my dispos[i]tion to maintain peace until its condition shall be made less tolerable than that of war itself, the world has had proofs, and more, perhaps, than it has approved. I hope it is…” quote by Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77f/thomas-jefferson-43_abolition_you-have-not-been-mistaken-in-supposing_184816.jpg)
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