Abolish Quotes

222 Abolish quotes by 176 unique authors

It is quite useless to declare that all men are born free if you deny that they are born good . Guarantee a man's goodness… — George Bernard Shaw
Do not suppose that abuses are eliminated by destroying the object which is abused. Men can go wrong with wine and women. Shall we then… — Martin Luther
The English never abolish anything. They put it in cold storage. — Alfred North Whitehead
War will disappear only when men shall take no part whatever in violence and shall be ready to suffer every persecution that their abstention will… — Anatole France
Chinese civilisation is so systematic that wild animals have been abolished on principle. — Aleister Crowley
Well for one, the 13th amendment to the constitution of the US which abolished slavery - did not abolish slavery for those convicted of a… — Angela Davis
Had it not been for slavery, the death penalty would have likely been abolished in America. Slavery became a haven for the death penalty. — Angela Davis
I'm suggesting that we abolish the social function of prisons. — Angela Davis
Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
I'm going to reduce the size of the Cabinet, cut the number of ministers, reduce the size of the House of Commons, campaign for a… — William Hague
You accept that this civilisation could be abolished and life will begin later on after a few thousand years because that is something that has… — Nhat Hanh
No slavery can be abolished without a double emancipation, and the master will benefit by freedom more than the freed-man. — Thomas Huxley
No society has been able to abolish human sadness, no political system can deliver us from the pain of living, from our fear of death,… — Eugene Ionesco
Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. — Thomas Jefferson
The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty, and all forms… — John F. Kennedy
Creation destroys as it goes, throws down one tree for the rise of another. But ideal mankind would abolish death, multiply itself million upon million,… — D. H. Lawrence
The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable… — John Locke
Free election of masters does not abolish the masters or the slaves. — Herbert Marcuse
The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property. — Karl Marx
The notion that one will not survive a particular catastrophe is, in general terms, a comfort since it is equivalent to abolishing the catastrophe. — Iris Murdoch
To establish any mode to abolish war, however advantageous it might be to Nations, would be to take from such Government the most lucrative of… — Thomas Paine
The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security. — Thomas Paine
Through pro-growth policies, by abolishing Obamacare and eliminating other Obama-imposed impediments to economic growth, we will get our economy back on track. — Mitt Romney
City governments ought to be abolished, if only as a public health measure. — L. Neil Smith
The traits the word 'childish' addresses are seen so often in adults that we should abolish this age-discriminatory word when it comes to criticizing behavior… — Adora Svitak

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