Driven Quote by Caleb Cushing

I shall oppose all slavery extension and all increase of slave representation in all places, at all times, under all circumstances, even against all…

— Daniel Webster

In my definition I am a protest writer, with restraint.

— Chinua Achebe

I have no idea of submitting tamely to injustice inflicted either on me or on the slave. I will oppose it with all the…

— Lucretia Mott

“I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have…

— Abraham Lincoln

The Proclamation does not, indeed, mark out exactly the course I should myself prefer. But I am ready to take it just as it…

— Salmon P. Chase

I will sacrifice my comfort, my convenience, my economic position in order to stand in protest, but not impose that on everyone else.

— Rilla Askew

I never mean, unless some particular circumstances should compel it, to possess another slave by purchase, it being among my first wishes to see…

— George Washington

I do but quote from one of those speeches when I declare that "I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the…

— Abraham Lincoln

When asked to make the formal declaration that I did not intend to overthrow the Constitution of the United States, I was fool enough…

— Peter Medawar

Be faithful, be vigilant, be untiring in your efforts to break every yoke, and let the oppressed go free. Come what may - cost…

— William Lloyd Garrison

Do not mistake your objection to defeat for an objection to fighting, your objection to being a slave for an objection to slavery, your…

— George Bernard Shaw

I repeat the declaration made a year ago, that 'while I remain in my present position I shall not attempt to retract or modify…

— Abraham Lincoln