Abolition Quotes

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I am for socialism, disarmament, and, ultimately, for abolishing the state itself... I seek the social ownership of property, the abolition of the propertied class,… — Roger Nash Baldwin
Abolition of a woman's right to abortion, when and if she wants it, amounts to compulsory maternity: a form of rape by the State. — Edward Abbey
Elimination of illiteracy is as serious an issue to our history as the abolition of slavery. — Maya Angelou
Of course, some will say the goal [of abolition] is a utopian dream of human perfection. We needn't worry. There will be more than enough… — Jonathan Schell
For centuries the Bible's emphasis on compassion and love for our neighbor has inspired institutional and governmental expressions of benevolent outreach such as private charity,… — Ronald Reagan
My views and feelings (are) in favor of the abolition of war-and I hope it is practicable, by improving the mind and morals of society,… — Thomas Jefferson
In this sense, the theory of the Communists may be summed up in the single sentence: Abolition of private property. - Manifesto of the Communist… — Karl Marx
I wish from my soul that the legislature of this State could see the policy of a gradual Abolition of Slavery. — George Washington
The abolition of domestic slavery is the great object of desire in those colonies, where it was unhappily introduced in their infant state. — Thomas Jefferson
All good men wish the entire abolition of slavery, as soon as it can take place with safety to the public, and for the lasting… — Oliver Ellsworth
There is no justification for the common claim that Christianity was responsible for the abolition of slavery. The Negro slave trade - a far more… — Margaret E. Knight
For every social wrong there must be a remedy. But the remedy can be nothing less than the abolition of the wrong. — Henry George
I don't want a moratorium on the death penalty. I want the abolition of it. I can't understand why a country [USA] that's so committed… — Desmond Tutu
I have reached the conviction that the abolition of the death penalty is desirable. Reasons: 1) Irreparability in the event of an error of justice,… — Albert Einstein
The abolition of the death penalty is making us a civilized society. It shows we actually do mean business when we say we have reverence… — Desmond Tutu
The proposed Constitution, so far from implying an abolition of the State governments, makes them constituent parts of the national sovereignty, by allowing them a… — Alexander Hamilton
I wish most anxiously to see my much loved America - it is the Country from whence all reformations must originally spring - I despair… — Thomas Paine
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… — Thomas Jefferson
Madness is the absolute break with the work of art; it forms the constitutive moment of abolition, which dissolves in time the truth of the… — Michel Foucault
I am obliged to confess that I do not regard the abolition of slavery as a means of warding off the struggle of the two… — Alexis de Tocqueville

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