Absolute power Quote by Gerrit Smith

“God cannot approve of a system of servitude, in which the master is guilty of assuming absolute power - of assuming God's place and relation towards his fellow-men.”

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The only ground on which a neutral State can claim respect at the hands of belligerents is, that, so far as she is concerned,…

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It is manifestly vital to the success of the anti-slavery cause, that the authority and influence of proslavery, especially of slaveholding, ministers should be…

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True liberty acknowledges and defends the equal rights of all men, and all nations.

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It, sometimes, suits the slaveholders to claim, that their slavery is an exclusively State concern; and that the North has, therefore, nothing to do…

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To no human charter am I indebted for my rights.

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I welcomed the organization of the Anti-slavery Society.

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When a good man lends himself to the advocacy of slavery, he must, at least for a time, feel himself to be any where…

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My rights all spring front an infinitely nobler source - from favor and grace of God.

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I need say no more, to prove that slavery is entirely unlike the servitude in the patriarchal families.

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I trust, that your readers will not construe my words to mean, that I would not have gone to a 3 o'clock in the…

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I prefer, in a word, the republican system, because it comes up more nearly to God's system.

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Our concern, however, is with slavery as it is, and not with any theory of it.

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Anarchy is the stepping stone to absolute power.

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A nation of slaves is always prepared to applaud the clemency of their master who, in the abuse of absolute power, does not proceed…

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Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it.

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