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Quotes by Abolitionist

"I was an able-seaman, a deck hand. As I say, it's the way to see the world and get paid for it."

"We may draw good out of evil; we must not do evil, that good may come."

"Grudge no expense - yield to no opposition - forget fatigue - till, by the strength of prayer and sacrifice, the spirit of love shall have overcome ."

"Let us rise in the moral power of womanhood; and give utterance to the voice of outraged mercy, and insulted justice, and eternal truth, and mighty love and holy freedom."

"Well, it was just, the bars was all just like the bamboo roofs and everything. You know. As I say, to me, it's completely spoiled all, all these places now. Make them all just tourist traps."
Now,

"Well, mines was a sub machine gun. That was my personal weapon with being the first person in the patrol. I used to lead the patrol. Used to have a leading scout, a second scout and then the officer. The officer would be third. As I say, it was educational."

"Slavery can only be abolished by raising the character of the people who compose the nation; and that can be done only by showing them a higher one."
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