Ending slavery Quote by Michael Albert

Slave rebellions, especially the [1791] Haitian Revolution, had an ongoing effect on the ways in which abolitionists talked about ending slavery.

— Manisha Sinha

You pick up very well-known books on Lincoln [and] you will find almost no reference to his long-term belief in colonization. Why? Because it…

— Eric Foner

“Correction of past wrongdoings, like ending slavery and dismantling legal segregation, confirmed the rightness of our ideals. Nothing fundamental about those ideals needed to…

— Eddie S. Glaude Jr

Radical thought has inspired many of the great political and social reform movements in American history, from ending slavery to establishing the minimum wage.

— Carl Bernstein

“Rule 3: Just because someone is offended, doesn’t mean they’re right Ending Slavery: More important than the feelings of people who like slavery”

— Oliver Emberton

War is worthless except for ending slavery, Nazism, fascism, and communism. Other than that, war is pointless.

— Rush Limbaugh

I think almost everything important that's ever happened was unimaginable shortly before it happened. Good things and bad things: ending slavery, ending child labor,…

— David Swanson

The history of African-American repression in this country rose from government-sanctioned racism. Jim Crow laws were a product of bigoted state and local governments.

— Rand Paul

“In the 1920s, Jim Crow Mississippi was, in all facets of society, a kleptocracy.”

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

Let me be clear: I support the Civil Rights Act because I overwhelmingly agree with the intent of the legislation, which was to stop…

— Rand Paul

I grew up on a farm and, prior to my father's murder, I wanted to get away from the farm, and away from South…

— Shirley Sherrod

We have a long, ugly history of white supremacy in this country, ranging from Jim Crow laws to keep African Americans down to the…

— Max Boot