William Ewart Gladstone on slavery

I think that the principle of the Conservative Party is jealousy of liberty and of the people, only qualified by fear; but I think the principle of the Liberal Party is trust in the people, only qualified by prudence.

To be engaged in opposing wrong affords, under the conditions of our mental constitution, but a slender guarantee for being right.

National injustice is the surest road to national downfall.

This country was built on rape, slavery, murder, degradation and affiliation with crime.

Mike Tysonborn 1966

• America

Before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, we were here. Before the pen of Jefferson etched across the pages of history the majestic words of the Declaration of Independence, we were here. If the inexpressible cruelties of slavery could not stop us, the opposition we now face will surely fail.

Martin Luther King Jr.1929–1968

• Race

He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a king.

Augustine of Hippo354–430

• Freedom
• Virtue