Emancipation Quotes

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In a sense the quest for the emancipation of black people in the U.S. has always been a quest for economic liberation which means to… — Angela Davis
I think the emancipation of women in Afghanistan has to come from inside, through Afghans themselves, gradually, over time. — Khaled Hosseini
Liberalism, above all, means emancipation - emancipation from one's fears, his inadequacies, from prejudice, from discrimination, from poverty. — Hubert H. Humphrey
No slavery can be abolished without a double emancipation, and the master will benefit by freedom more than the freed-man. — Thomas Huxley
Until justice is blind to color, until education is unaware of race, until opportunity is unconcerned with the color of men's skins, emancipation will be… — Lyndon B. Johnson
A study of the history of opinion is a necessary preliminary to the emancipation of the mind. — John Maynard Keynes
Why are we not valuing the word 'feminism' when there is so much work to be done in terms of empowerment and emancipation of women… — Annie Lennox
The arc of American history almost inevitably moves toward freedom. Whether it's Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation, the expansion of women's rights or, now, gay… — James McGreevey
A sexual revolution begins with the emancipation of women, who are the chief victims of patriarchy, and also with the ending of homosexual oppression. — Kate Millett
Capitalism has its weaknesses. But it is capitalism that ended the stranglehold of the hereditary aristocracies, raised the standard of living for most of the… — Camille Paglia
I think what happened during the Great Depression was that African Americans understood that Republicans championed citizenship and voting rights but they became impatient for… — Rand Paul
The Republican Party's history is rich and chock full of emancipation and black history. — Rand Paul
It is true that Mr. Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, after which there was a commitment to give 40 acres and a mule. That's where… — Al Sharpton
The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women's emancipation. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Emancipation from the bondage of the soil is no freedom for the tree. — Rabindranath Tagore
Politics should share one purpose with religion: the steady emancipation of the individual through the education of his passions. — George Will
Emancipation came to the colored race in America as a war measure. It was an act of military necessity. Manifestly it would have come without… — Wendell Willkie
One can cite cases of Negroes who opposed emancipation and denounced the abolitionists. — Carter G. Woodson
The history of men's opposition to women's emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story of that emancipation itself. — Virginia Woolf
It has been said, 'the truth will make men free.' The truth alone has never made anyone free. It is only doubt which will bring… — Anton Szandor LaVey

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