When we abolish the slavery of half of humanity together with the whole system of hypocrisy it implies then the division of humanity will reveal its genuine significance and the human couple will find its true form.
Our statute books gradually became laden with gross stereotyped distinctions between the sexes and indeed throughout much of the 19th century the position of women in our society was in many respects comparable to that of blacks under the pre-Civil War slave codes.
If you say Would there were no wine because of the drunkards then you must say going on by degrees Would there were no steel because of the murderers Would there were no night because of the thieves Would there were no light because of the informers and Would there were no women because of adultery.
It cannot in the opinion of His Majesty?s Government be classified as slavery in the extreme acceptance of the word without some risk of terminological inexactitude.
The issue of slavery provoked little moral indignation in General Grant and in the first days following the attack on Fort Sumter he seems to have believed that the North shared his indifference to abolition: In all this I can but see the doom of Slavery. The North do not want nor will they want to interfere with the institution. But they will refuse for all time to give it protection unless the South shall return soon to their allegiance and then too this disturbance will give such an impetus to the production of their staple cotton in other parts of the world that they can never recover the controll of the market again for that comodity. This will reduce the value of negroes so much that they will never be worth fighting over again.
If the cruelties of slavery could not stop us the opposition we now surely fail. … Because the goal of America is freedom abused and scorned tho we may be our destiny is tied up with Americas destiny.
We know now that the soul is the body and the body the soul. They tell us they are different because they want to persuade us that we can keep our souls if we let them make slaves of our bodies.
It is a tragedy when the mind soul and heart are in slavery in a way of life which refuses to recognize that people have rights before God. It is a war which makes hate a badge of honor slavery the keystone to prosperity. Not to resist would make one an accomplice to crime. Resistance was part of the program of Jesus. We must resist oppression and tyranny. We have to end it no matter what it costs.
The buyer buys for as little as possible; the seller sells for as much as possible. (Emptor emit quam Minimo potest venditor vendit quam maximo potest.)
He is the freeman whom the truth makes free And all are slaves beside.
Hewers of wood and drawers of water.
Why should a man be in love with his fetters though of gold?
When we abolish the slavery of half of humanity together with the whole system of hypocrisy it implies then the division of humanity will reveal its genuine significance and the human couple will find its true form.
Our statute books gradually became laden with gross stereotyped distinctions between the sexes and indeed throughout much of the 19th century the position of women in our society was in many respects comparable to that of blacks under the pre-Civil War slave codes.
If you say Would there were no wine because of the drunkards then you must say going on by degrees Would there were no steel because of the murderers Would there were no night because of the thieves Would there were no light because of the informers and Would there were no women because of adultery.
It cannot in the opinion of His Majesty?s Government be classified as slavery in the extreme acceptance of the word without some risk of terminological inexactitude.
You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.
If you put a chain around the neck of a slave the other end fastens itself around your own.
Who dares not speak his free thoughts is a slave.
The issue of slavery provoked little moral indignation in General Grant and in the first days following the attack on Fort Sumter he seems to have believed that the North shared his indifference to abolition: In all this I can but see the doom of Slavery. The North do not want nor will they want to interfere with the institution. But they will refuse for all time to give it protection unless the South shall return soon to their allegiance and then too this disturbance will give such an impetus to the production of their staple cotton in other parts of the world that they can never recover the controll of the market again for that comodity. This will reduce the value of negroes so much that they will never be worth fighting over again.
If the cruelties of slavery could not stop us the opposition we now surely fail. … Because the goal of America is freedom abused and scorned tho we may be our destiny is tied up with Americas destiny.
Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery I feel a strong impulse to see it tried upon him personally.
And neer shall the sons of Columbia be slaves While the earth bears a plant or the sea rolls its waves.
Necessity is the excuse for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of the tyrant and the creed of the slave.
Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.
We know now that the soul is the body and the body the soul. They tell us they are different because they want to persuade us that we can keep our souls if we let them make slaves of our bodies.
It is a tragedy when the mind soul and heart are in slavery in a way of life which refuses to recognize that people have rights before God. It is a war which makes hate a badge of honor slavery the keystone to prosperity. Not to resist would make one an accomplice to crime. Resistance was part of the program of Jesus. We must resist oppression and tyranny. We have to end it no matter what it costs.
The prolonged slavery of women is the darkest page in human history.
They [the blacks] had no rights which the white man was bound to respect.
The buyer buys for as little as possible; the seller sells for as much as possible. (Emptor emit quam Minimo potest venditor vendit quam maximo potest.)