Abolition Quotes

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The Anarchists answer that the abolition of the State will leave in existence a defensive association, resting no longer on a compulsory but on a… — Benjamin Tucker
Among the expected glories of the Constitution, next to the abolition of Slavery was that of Rum. — George Clymer
So enormous, so dreadful, so irremediable did the [slave] trade's wickedness appear that my own mind was completely made up for abolition. Let the consequences… — William Wilberforce
Veganism is the application of the principle of abolition in your own life; it represents your recognition that animals are not things. Veganism is the… — Gary L. Francione
De-Christianizing America has been high on the progressive agenda, and, thanks to the government (especially the federal courts), it has been a great success. Nor… — Joseph Sobran
It is time for the rest of the world to join ... in demanding that ALL the nuclear weapons states -including Israel, India and Pakistan,… — Daniel Ellsberg
We invite people working for peace to span generations and national boundaries, and gather together to communicate. Let us firmly join hands and foster an… — Iccho Itoh
The use of a mere dozen nuclear weapons ... would be a human catastrophe without parallel. ... Because so few weapons can kill so many… — Jonathan Schell
[A] new generation, innocent of the divisions of the Cold War, this coming-of-age. ... If its members do not feel the urgency to escape the… — Jonathan Schell
Human beings are not property. On the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, let us reaffirm the inherent dignity of all men, women and… — Kofi Annan
On this International Day for the Abolition of Slavery let us reaffirm the inherent dignity of all men, women and children. And let us redouble… — Ban Ki-moon
We must show new energy in fighting back an old evil. Nearly two centuries after the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade, and more than… — George W. Bush
Two decades ago, however, socialism and communism died rudely, then were buried forever by the empirical demonstration of the superiority of market capitalism everywhere from… — Charles Krauthammer
Even granting that we [humans] face greater harm than laboratory animals presently endure if ... research on these animals is stopped, the animal rights view… — Tom Regan
In the socialist commonwealth every economic change becomes an undertaking whose success can be neither appraised in advance nor later retrospectively determined. There is only… — Ludwig von Mises
Animal Rights is now the greatest Social Justice issue since the abolition of slavery. — Philip Wollen
Although it has been fashionable to deny it, anti-slavery doctrines began to appear in Christian theology soon after the decline of Rome and were accompanied… — Rodney Stark
The Curse of poverty has no justification in our age...The time has come for us to civilize ourselves by the total, direct and immediate abolition… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The day is not distant when we must bear and adopt [the abolition of slavery], or worse will follow. — Thomas Jefferson
Anarchy, when it works to destroy authority in all its aspects, when it demands the abrogation of laws and the abolition of the mechanism that… — Peter Kropotkin

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