Emancipation Quotes

151 quotes by 127 authors

If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation. — Lord Acton
I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence, for the illumination… — John Adams
Freedom is the emancipation from the arbitrary rule of other men. — Mortimer Adler
Merely by describing yourself as black you have started on a road towards emancipation, you have committed yourself to fight against all forces that seek… — Steven Biko
I became a mom at 37 and having a child has been an emancipation for me. — Tori Amos
Mockery of religion is one of the most essential things because to demystify supposedly 'holy text dictated by god' and show that they are man… — Christopher Hitchens
What we call emancipation is always and of necessity simply the free choice of the soul between one set of limitations and another. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I wouldn't say that religion has promoted the social progress of mankind. I say that it has been a detriment to the progress of civilization,… — Culbert Olson
The melting pot failed to function in one crucial area. Religions and nationalities, however different, generally learned to live together, even to grow together, in… — Theodore Hesburgh
The fact that an African American sits in the White House at the helm of government in the United States of America on this 150th… — Aberjhani
The Emancipation Proclamation...can remind us in 2013 of all the mistakes we never want to commit again but it can also motivate us to fulfill… — Aberjhani
For souls in growth, great quarrels are great emancipations. — Logan Pearsall Smith
Yet the hour of emancipation is advancing ... this enterprise is for the young; for those who can follow it up, and bear it through… — Thomas Jefferson
I repeat the declaration made a year ago, that 'while I remain in my present position I shall not attempt to retract or modify the… — Abraham Lincoln
The scheme, my dear Marqs. which you propose as a precedent, to encourage the emancipation of the black people of this Country from that state… — George Washington
To abandon the struggle for private happiness, to expel all eagerness of temporary desire, to burn with passion for eternal things-this is emancipation, and this… — Bertrand Russell
Grant began by expressing a hope that the war would soon be over, and Lee replied by stating that he had for some time been… — Horace Porter
If women would today would rise en masse and demand their emancipation, the men would be compelled to grant it. — Victoria Woodhull
Ah, I fancy it is just the same with most of what you call your emancipation. You have read yourself into a number of new… — Henrik Ibsen
Without country you have neither name, token, voice, nor rights, no admission as brothers into the fellowship of the Peoples. You are the bastards of… — Giuseppe Mazzini

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