"Written in support of abolishing the Corn Laws,……" — Ebenezer Elliott
"Written in support of abolishing the Corn Laws, it became Elliott's most famous poem. The Peoples Anthem When wilt thou save the people Oh, God of mercy! When? Not kings and lords, but nations! Not thrones and crowns, but men! Flowers of thy heart, of God they are. Let them not pass like weeds, away Their heritage a sunless day! God save the people! When wilt thou save the people? Oh, God of mercy! When? The people Lord the people! Not thrones and crowns, but men! God save the people! Thine they are, Thy children, as thy angels fair, Save them from bondage and despair. God save the people!"
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Ebenezer Elliott
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9 Quotes by Ebenezer Elliott
Ebenezer Elliott has 9 quotes on this site.
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The streams, rejoiced that winter's work is done, Talk of to-morrow's cowslips as they run.
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Daisies infinite Uplift in praise their little growing hands, O'er every hill that under heaven expands.
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Things of today? Deeds which are harvest for Eternity!
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Stern fate and time Will have their victims; and the best die first, Leaving the bad still strong, though past…
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Sleep, to the homeless thou art home; the friendless find in thee a friend
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Again the violet of our early days Drinks beauteous azure from the golden sun, And kindles into fragrance at his…
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Tis toil's reward, that sweetens industry, As love inspires with strength the enraptur'd thrush.
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What is a Communist? One who hath yearnings For equal division of unequal earnings, Idler or bungler, or both, he…
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More Abolishing Quotes
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I am for socialism, disarmament, and, ultimately, for abolishing the state itself... I seek the social ownership of property, the…
— Roger Nash Baldwin
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If men do not now succeed in abolishing war, civilization and mankind are doomed.
— Ludwig von Mises
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Don't try to be unafraid. That is impossible. Rather, go ahead while being afraid. That is the entire secret for…
— Vernon Howard
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The present struggle seems less about abolishing big government than about who gets to use it.
— William Greider
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People who object to weapons aren't abolishing violence, they're begging for rule by brute force, when the biggest, strongest animals…
— L. Neil Smith
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Conscription is an impediment to achieving the forces Australia needs. It is an alibi for failing to give proper conditions…
— Gough Whitlam
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By abolishing private property one takes away the human love of aggression.
— Sigmund Freud
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...The goal of abolishing the white race is on its face so desirable that some may find it hard to…
— Noel Ignatiev
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He [Jesus] fought and conquered. On the one hand, he was man who struggled for his fathers and through his…
— Irenaeus of Lyons
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Sculpture and painting have the effect of teaching us manners and abolishing hurry.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Though we have clear and full scriptures in the New Testament for abolishing the Ceremonial law, yet we nowhere read…
— George Gillespie
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[The courts and the media elite] are abolishing America, they are deconstructing our country ... they have dethroned our God.
— Pat Buchanan
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