"All good men wish the entire abolition of……" — Oliver Ellsworth
"All good men wish the entire abolition of slavery, as soon as it can take place with safety to the public, and for the lasting good of the present wretched race of slaves. The only possible step that could be taken towards it by the convention was to fix a period after which they should not be imported."
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Oliver Ellsworth
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13 Quotes by Oliver Ellsworth
Oliver Ellsworth has 13 quotes on this site.
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Liberty is a word which, according as it is used, comprehends the most good and the most evil of any…
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The powers of congress must be defined, but their means must be adequate to the purposes of their constitution. It…
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Systems of religious error have been adopted in times of ignorance. It has been the interest of tyrannical kings, popes,…
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Liberty is a word which, according as it is used, comprehends the most good and the most evil of any…
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It may be assumed as a fixed truth that the prosperity and riches of the farmer must depend on the…
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A desire of gain is common to mankind, and the general motive to business and industry.
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A government capable of controlling the whole, and bringing its force to a point, is one of the prerequisites for…
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The right of the judge to inflict punishment gives him both power and opportunity to oppress the innocent; yet none…
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The charge of being ambiguous and indefinite may be brought against every human composition, and necessarily arises from the imperfection…
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Judge candidly what a wretched figure the American empire will exhibit in the eye of other nations, without a power…
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A people cannot long retain their freedom, whose government is incapable of protecting them.
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The power of collecting money from the people is not to be rejected because it has sometimes been oppressive. Public…
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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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Abolition of a woman's right to abortion, when and if she wants it, amounts to compulsory maternity: a form of…
— Edward Abbey
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Elimination of illiteracy is as serious an issue to our history as the abolition of slavery.
— Maya Angelou
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Of course, some will say the goal [of abolition] is a utopian dream of human perfection. We needn't worry. There…
— Jonathan Schell
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For centuries the Bible's emphasis on compassion and love for our neighbor has inspired institutional and governmental expressions of benevolent…
— Ronald Reagan
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My views and feelings (are) in favor of the abolition of war-and I hope it is practicable, by improving the…
— Thomas Jefferson
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In this sense, the theory of the Communists may be summed up in the single sentence: Abolition of private property.…
— Karl Marx
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I wish from my soul that the legislature of this State could see the policy of a gradual Abolition of…
— George Washington
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The abolition of domestic slavery is the great object of desire in those colonies, where it was unhappily introduced in…
— Thomas Jefferson
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There is no justification for the common claim that Christianity was responsible for the abolition of slavery. The Negro slave…
— Margaret E. Knight
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For every social wrong there must be a remedy. But the remedy can be nothing less than the abolition of…
— Henry George
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I don't want a moratorium on the death penalty. I want the abolition of it. I can't understand why a…
— Desmond Tutu
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