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Free labor has the inspiration of hope; pure slavery has no hope. The power of hope upon human exertion, and happiness, is wonderful.
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This is a world of compensation; and he would be no slave must consent to have no slaves. Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, can not long retain it.
Written on wednesday april 6, 1859
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Let us discard all this quibbling about this man and the other man, this race and that race and the other race being inferior and therefore they must be placed in an inferior position. Let us discard all these things, and unite as one people throughout this land, until we shall once more stand up declaring that all men are created equal.
Written on saturday july 10, 1858
As I would not be a slave, so i would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy.
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Our government rests in public opinion. Whoever can change public opinion, can change the government, practically just so much.
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We live in the midst of alarms; anxiety beclouds the future; we expect some new disaster with each newspaper we read.
Written on thursday may 29, 1856
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In law it is a good policy never to plead what you need not, lest you oblige yourself to prove what you cannot.
Written on sunday february 20, 1848
Posted by: Yang Tzu
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Here's to the crazy ones: the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently, they're not fond of rules. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things. They push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.
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Posted by: Giovanni Palermo
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It exists a coward middle class that expects to farm out to the Police the task to be spit, to be beaten up and to be killed in order to hold to cover themselves. And the middle class doesn't want even to pay a decent wage to them.
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Posted by: sagea
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Of course, everybody says they're for peace. Hitler was for peace. Everybody is for peace. The question is: What kind of peace?
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