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Gerrit Smith

"When a good man lends himself to the advocacy of slavery, he must, at least for a time, feel himself to be any where but at home, amongst his new thoughts, doctrines, and modes of reasoning."

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"When a good man lends himself to the advocacy of slavery, he must, at least for a time, feel himself to be any where but at home, amongst his new thoughts, doctrines, and modes of reasoning."

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"But, you know, you can't be a star at home."

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"It's so worth-while being a judge, because, if I make good, I can help prove that a woman's place is as much on the bench, in City Council, or in Congress, as in the home."

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"I'm still really close with everyone at home and their parents - and their brothers and sisters. I was so, so, so lucky to grow up as part of a community and I don't take that for granted. I try very hard to stay part of it."

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"But you know, I still had a dream of being able to go back home and tour."

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"Unless you have been to boarding-school when you are very young, it is absolutely impossible to appreciate the delights of living at home."

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"It's a sad day when the leaders of the free world engage in such deception and trickery. I voted against this unnecessary war and will continue to argue that the best way to support our troops is to bring them home."

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"I've never been drawn to the feminist movement. I was brought up to believe that men had little to do with the home or children - except to bring in the money."

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"I welcomed the organization of the Anti-slavery Society."
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"There is room in our ranks for the old and decrepit, as well as the young and vigorous."
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"We must continue to judge of slavery by what it is, and not by what you tell us it will, or may be."
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"Truth and mercy require the exertion - never the suppression, of man's noble rights and powers."
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"To say, that Capt. Ingraham violated the rights of Turkey, is nonsense."
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"I am a plain man, and I care and know comparatively little about rhetoric."
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"I prefer, in a word, the republican system, because it comes up more nearly to God's system."
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"Let us tell our legislators in advance, that this is a right, restraints on which, we will not, cannot bear; and that every attempt to restrain it is a palpable wrong on God and man."
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"I need say no more, to prove that slavery is entirely unlike the servitude in the patriarchal families."
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