Abolition Quotes

108 Abolition quotes by 85 unique authors

And is it not true that in like manner a leader of the people who, getting control of a docile mob, does not withhold his… — Plato
Justice needs money; it always has . . . whether for abolition of slavery and early women's rights movements or the civil rights and environmental… — Ralph Nader
This huge and terrible industry [the slave trade] was blessed by all churches and for a long time aroused absolutely no religious protest. . .… — Christopher Hitchens
What is wanted - whether this is admitted or not - is nothing less than a fundamental remolding, indeed weakening and abolition of the individual:… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Abolition of slavery had been the deepest desire and the great labor of my life — Frederick Douglass
Viewed from the genuine abolition ground, Mr. Lincoln seemed tardy, cold, dull, and indifferent; but measuring him by the sentiment of his country, a sentiment… — Frederick Douglass
It is only by the abolition of the State, by the conquest of perfect liberty by the individual, by free agreement, association, and absolute free… — Peter Kropotkin
When we ask for the abolition of the State and its organs we are always told that we dream of a society composed of men… — Peter Kropotkin
Anarchism is the abolition of exploitation and oppression of man by man, that is, the abolition of private property and government; Anarchism is the destruction… — Errico Malatesta
We Abolition Women are turning the world upside down. — Angelina Grimke
It was not Christianity which freed the slave: Christianity accepted slavery; Christian ministers defended it; Christian merchants trafficked in human flesh and blood, and drew… — Hypatia Bradlaugh Bonner
The South was at the point where the scale was tipping against slavery. It was slowly dawning on the plantation owners that slave labor was… — John Coleman
Many Southern Plantation owners were working towards the day when they could convert their investment to more profitable industrial production as had been done in… — G. Edward Griffin
If Lincoln's primary goal in the War was not the abolition of slavery but simply to preserve the Union, the question arises: Why did the… — G. Edward Griffin
The entire trend of development is towards abolition of coercive domination of one part of society over another. — Vladimir Lenin
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

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