Abolition Quote by Thomas Jefferson

We are never really beyond it... slavery continues to this day.

— Lawrence Hill

While we see the Course of the final abolition of human Slavery is onward, & we give it the aid of our prayers &…

— Robert E. Lee

I believe a time will come when an opportunity will be offered to abolish this lamentable evil. Everything we do is to improve it,…

— Patrick Henry

Let us take care of our rights and we therein take care of our prosperity. Slavery is ever preceded by sleep

— John Dickinson

If not now, then when? If not you, then who? If we are able to answer these fundamental questions, then perhaps we can wipe…

— Kailash Satyarthi

“Abolition is not some disstant future but something we create in every moment when we say no to the traps of empire and yes…

— Eric A. Stanley

The tools to crush modern slavery exist, but the political will is lacking.

— Sheryl WuDunn

Abandonment of slavery is also the banishment of the chimera of security. The world will not change overnight, and liberation will not happen unless…

— Germaine Greer

I am confident that we will one day end the scourge of modern slavery, because I believe in those committed to this issue.

— Barack Obama

This will be a great day in our history; the date of a New Revolution - quite as much needed as the old one.…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

There's injustices within our system that we inherited from this time, from slavery, and until we confront our past, we're not going to be…

— Jurnee Smollett-Bell

Nothing happens just because we are aware of modern day slavery, but nothing will ever happen until we are.

— Gary Haugen