John Quincy Adams on slavery

This is the last of Earth! I am content.

To furnish the means of acquiring knowledge is … the greatest benefit that can be conferred upon mankind. It prolongs life itself and enlarges the sphere of existence.

All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse.

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