Abolition Quotes

108 Abolition quotes by 85 unique authors

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
Of all parties I now see only one party- The Anarchist- which respects human life, and loudly insists upon the abolition of capital punishment, prison… — Peter Kropotkin
In a word, we may reasonably hope for the virtual abolition of education when I'm as good as you has fully had its way. All… — C.S. Lewis
An author describing the methods of intensive farming, or the excesses of sport hunting, or even the harsher uses of animals in science writes with… — Matthew Scully
The curse of poverty has no justification in our age. It is socially as cruel and blind as the practice of cannibalism at the dawn… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
I advocate the abolition of all religions, without setting up anything new of the kind. — Richard Carlile
An intellectual inferiority of the masses would manifest itself most evidently in their aiming at the abolition of the system in which they themselves are… — Ludwig von Mises
The Federated Republic of Europe-the United States of Europe-that is what must be. National autonomy no longer suffices. Economic evolution demands the abolition of national… — Leon Trotsky
Government control of the economy, no matter in whose behalf, has been the source of all the evils in our industrial society -- and the… — Ayn Rand
A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority. There… — Henry David Thoreau
Only one rational path is open to us - simultaneous de-development of the [overdeveloped countries] and semi-development of the underdeveloped countries (UDCs), in order to… — John Holdren
ZEN is MEDITATION. ARCHY is Social Order. ZENARCHY is the Social Order which springs from Meditation. As a doctrine, it holds Universal Enlightenment a prerequisite… — Kerry Thornley
Nuclear abolition is the democratic wish of the world's people, and has been our goal almost since the dawn of the atomic age. Together, we… — Desmond Tutu
I believe serious progress (in the abolition of war) can be achieved only when men become organized on an international scale and refuse, as a… — Albert Einstein
World War II was fought for the abolition of racial exclusiveness, equality of nations and the integrity of their territories, liberation of enslaved nations and… — Joseph Stalin
But beyond all that, the question that is continually begged is why isn't America leading the way toward total abolition of nuclear weapons. — Dennis Kucinich

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