Abolition Quotes

108 Abolition quotes by 85 unique authors

What I did that was new was to prove that the existence of classes is only bound up with particular, historical phases in the development… — Karl Marx
I believe the bicentenary offers us a chance not just to say how profoundly shameful the slave trade was - how we condemn its existence… — Tony Blair
I think then, 1st, that the only safety of the South from abolition universal is to be found in an early dissolution of the Union. — Henry L. Benning
During practically all of my public life, I have been a sincere advocate of an agreement between the leading nations of the world to set… — George W. Norris
If democracy, in essence, means the abolition of class domination, then why should not a socialist minister charm the whole bourgeois world by orations on… — Vladimir Lenin
The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart. — Mahatma Gandhi
The middle of 'America's Women' is about the Civil War, and how women, black and white, confronted slavery and abolition. As in every other period… — Gail Collins
New technologies will always demand and deserve careful navigation and difficult readjustments. But the weakening or de facto abolition of copyright will not merely roil… — Mark Helprin
I know war as few other men now living know it, and nothing to me is more revolting. I have long advocated its complete abolition,… — Ernest Hemingway
I have for some time urged that a nuclear abolition summit to mark the effective end of the nuclear era be convened in Hiroshima and… — Daisaku Ikeda
I believe that in the end the abolition of war, the maintenance of world peace, the adjustment of international questions by pacific means will come… — Frank B. Kellogg
I should not regret a fair and full trial of the entire abolition of capital punishment. — James Madison
The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion. — Karl Marx
I build no system. I ask an end to privilege, the abolition of slavery, equality of rights, and the reign of law. Justice, nothing else;… — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
'Til the infallibility of human judgements shall have been proved to me, I shall demand the abolition of the penalty of death. — Marquis de Sade
I can only say that there is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do to see a plan adopted for the… — George Washington
Miss, n. A title with which we brand unmarried women to indicate they are in the market. Miss, Misses (Mrs.) and Mister (Mr.) are the… — Ambrose Bierce
You may choose to look the other way but you can never say again that you did not know. — William Wilberforce
There is no other definition of socialism valid for us than that of the abolition of the exploitation of man by man. — Che Guevara
I have received no assurance that anything we can do will eradicate suffering. I think the best results are obtained by people who work quietly… — C.S. Lewis
The abolition of religion as the illusory happiness of the people is the demand for their real happiness. To call on them to give up… — Karl Marx
I have no concern with any economic criticisms of the communist system; I cannot inquire into whether the abolition of private property is expedient or… — Sigmund Freud
I shall ask for the abolition for the punishment of death until I have the infallibility of human judgment demonstrated to me. — Marquis de Lafayette
The brutalities of a fight with bare hands, the crushed nasal bones, maimed lips, and other disfigurements, which call for the utter abolition of boxing… — John Boyle O'Reilly
I do not want to convince Christians to work for the abolition of war, but rather I want us to live recognizing that in the… — Stanley Hauerwas

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