“I know no class of my fellowmen, however just, enlightened, and humane, which can be wisely and safely trusted absolutely with the liberties of any other class.” Frederick Douglass, [Frederick Baily] (1818-1895), escaped slave, Abolitionist, author, editor of the North Star and later…

“Wise politicians will be cautious about fettering the government with restrictions that cannot be observed, because they know that every break of the fundamental laws, though dictated by necessity, impairs that sacred reverence which ought to be maintained in the breast of rulers towards…

“The cause of freedom is the cause of God.” William Lisle Bowles, (1762-1850) English poet and critic. Source Reference William Lisle Bowles Quote

“The tidal wave of God’s providence is carrying liberty throughout the globe” Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, (1813-1887) American abolitionist, clergyman. Source Reference Rev. Henry Ward Beecher Quote

“Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty” The Apostle Paul, Source: Bible, II Corinthians (ch. III, v. 17). Source Reference II Corinthians Quote

“Are right and wrong convertible terms, dependant upon popular opinion?” William Lloyd Garrison, (1805-1879) American abolitionist, journalist, and social reformer.
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“He who sees the truth, let him proclaim it, without asking who is for it or who is against it.” Henry George, (1839-1897) American political economist. Source: The Land Question, 1881
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“There is no inherent misdirection in holding unorthodox views. Indeed, the autonomous individual, free from compulsive conformance and unquestioned assumptions, is likely to be unorthodox… They stimulate the climate of controversy without which political democracy becomes an empty formalism.” Snell Putney, Source: The Adjusted…

“A lie will easily get you out of a scrape, and yet, strangely and beautifully, rapture possesses you when you have taken the scrape and left out the lie.” Charles Edward Montague, (1867-1928) English journalist, writer. Source: Disenchantment, 1922. Source Reference Charles Edward Montague…

“It is a great importance to set a resolution, not to be shaken, never to tell an untruth. There is no vice so mean, so pitiful, so contemptible and he who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it…

“A man does what he must — in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers — and this is the basis of all human morality.” John F. Kennedy, (1917-1963) 35th US President. Source Reference John F. Kennedy Quote

“Every man who says frankly and fully what he thinks is so far doing a public service. We should be grateful to him for attacking most unsparingly our most cherished opinions.” Sir Leslie Stephen, (1832-1904), literary essayist, author. Source: The Suppression of Poisonous Opinions,…