"You may choose to look the other way……" — William Wilberforce
"You may choose to look the other way but you can never say again that you did not know."
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William Wilberforce
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60 Quotes by William Wilberforce
William Wilberforce has 60 quotes on this site.
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Lovely flowers are the smiles of god's goodness.
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I must secure more time for private devotions. I have been living far too public for me. The shortening of…
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Our motto must continue to be perseverance. And ultimately I trust the Almighty will crown our efforts with success.
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Can you tell a plain man the road to heaven? Certainly, turn at once to the right, and then go…
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Let it not be said that I was silent when they needed me.
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If there is no passionate love for Christ at the center of everything, we will only jingle and jangle our…
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There are four things that we ought to do with the Word of God - admit it as the Word…
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No one expects to attain to the height of learning, or arts, or power, or wealth, or military glory, without…
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Christianity has been successfully attacked and marginalized… because those who professed belief were unable to defend the faith from attack,…
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God Almighty has set before me two great objects, the suppression of the slave trade and the reformation of manners…
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It is the distinguishing glory of Christianity not to rest satisfied with superficial appearances, but to rectify the motives, and purify…
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Wherever we direct our view, we discover the melancholy proofs of our depravity; whether we look to ancient or modern…
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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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All good men wish the entire abolition of slavery, as soon as it can take place with safety to the…
— Oliver Ellsworth
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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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