Character Quote by Jon Meacham

Except among those whose education has been in the minimalist style, it is understood that hasty moral judgments about the past are a form…

— Jacques Barzun

“Except among those whose education has been in the minimalist style, it is understood that hasty moral judgments about people in the past are…

— Jacques Barzun

With regard to the moral and religious condition of the slaves, I cannot, either from what I observe, or from what is told me,…

— Frederick Law Olmsted

Great and good men and women stirred sugar into their coffee knowing that it had been picked by slaves. Kind, good ancestors of all…

— Stephen Fry

“There is a Moral sense, and there is an Immoral Sense. History shows us that the Moral Sense enables us to perceive morality and…

— Mark Twain

I don't think the people of the slave states will ever consider the subject of slavery in its true light till some other argument…

— John Brown

I dont think the people of the slave states will ever consider the subject of slavery in its true light till some other argument…

— John Brown

“Don't judge me. Ethics and morality no longer exist in our world. It's a luxury of the past, afforded only to those who had…

— T.M. Williams

A man's moral sense must be unusually strong if slavery does not make him a thief.

— Thomas Jefferson

Social rules are susceptible to moral analysis. This is, again, relatively familiar in the domestic case, where we now condemn slavery as unjust. And…

— Thomas Pogge

Slavery naturally tends to destroy all sense of justice and equity. It puffs up the mind with pride: teaches youth a habit of looking…

— David Rice

I know that there is still a lot of bitterness and anger, and arguably justifiably so, when you think about how brutal slavery was…

— David Oyelowo