“The conflict between the principle of liberty and the fact of slavery is coming gradually to an issue. Slavery has now the power, and falls into convulsions at the approach of freedom. That the fall of slavery is predetermined in the counsels of Omnipotence I cannot doubt; it is a part of the great moral improvement in the condition of man, attested by all the records of history. But the conflict will be terrible, and the progress of improvement perhaps retrograde before its final progress to consummation.” MenFactsFallLibertyMoralPrinciplesIssuesDoubtRecordsProgressConditionsTerribleConflictApproachSlaveryFinalsImprovementOmnipotencePredeterminedRetrograde Book:Memoirs of John Quincy Adams: Comprising Portions of His Diary from 1795 to 1848 Source: Memoirs of John Quincy Adams: Comprising Portions of His Diary from 1795 to 1848
“Thus, if there exists a law which sanctions slavery or monopoly, oppression or robbery, in any form whatever, it must not even be mentioned. For how can it be mentioned without damaging the respect which it inspires? Still further, morality and political economy must be taught from the point of view of this law; from the supposition that it must be a just law merely because it is a law. Another effect of this tragic perversion of the law is that it gives an exaggerated importance to political passions and conflicts, and to politics in general.” IfsGivingStillsFormLawPoliticalPassionPoliticsViewsEconomyEffectsInspireTaughtMoralityConflictImportanceSlaveryPoint Of ViewOppressionTragicMonopolySanctionsExaggeratedPerversionRobberyPolitical EconomySupposition Author:Frederic Bastiat
“We have the potential to help people out of poverty, out of disease, out of slavery and out of conflict. Too often we turn the other way because we think there's nothing we can do.” PeopleThinkingWayHelpingTurnsCan DoPovertyConflictDiseaseSlavery Author:Alicia Keys
“Neither party expected for the war, the magnitude, or the duration, which it has already attained. Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease with, or even before, the conflict itself should cease.” ShouldWarMightCausesPartyConflictSlaveryExpectedCeaseCivil WarMagnitudeAmerican Civil WarDurationInaugural AddressAmerican SlaveryCauses Of War Author:Abraham Lincoln
“As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.” InspirationalMeanPersonsLongMightWomenCreativityPositiveConflictSlaveryEqualityMemorableSoarPeace And JusticePeace JusticeNigeria Independence Author:Marian Anderson