"We can constitutionally extirpate slavery at this time." — Robert Dale Owen
"We can constitutionally extirpate slavery at this time."
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Robert Dale Owen
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24 Quotes by Robert Dale Owen
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There is a measure needing courage to adopt and enforce it, which I believe to be of virtue sufficient to…
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The people are forbidden to give aid and comfort to rebels. What of a government that has the power to…
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After voluntary exertions on the part of our people to which the history of the world furnishes no parallel, is…
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Boldness and decision command, often even in evil, the respect and concurrence of mankind.
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It is idle to await unanimity.
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The worship of words is more pernicious than the worship of images. Grammatolatry is the worst species of idolatry.
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Property that endangers the safety of a nation should not be suffered to remain in the hands of its citizens.
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Men ever follow willingly a daring leader: most willingly of all, in great emergencies.
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Wisdom, prudence, forethought, these are essential. But not second to these that noble courage which adventures the right, and leaves…
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The dangers which threaten us are twofold: First, from the Confederate forces, composed of men whose earnest convictions and reckless…
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In the due exercise of your official power, in strictest accordance with law and the Constitution, you can deprive the…
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And I hereby distinctly and emphatically declare that I consider myself, and earnestly desire to be considered by others, as…
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