I have no idea of submitting tamely to injustice inflicted either on me or on the slave. I will oppose it with all the moral powers with which I am endowed. I am no advocate of passivity.
Lucretia Mott... my convictions led me to adhere to the sufficiency of the light within us, resting on truth as authority, rather than 'taking authority for truth.'
Lucretia MottChristian soldiers armed with virtue- hearts afire with blind obsession, cannot see the difference 'twixt compassion and oppression
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