"What Thomas DiLorenzo misses is that the other abolitions were either very limited as in the liberation of the serfs by Alexander II or far away from the metropolitan center of those nations - the French and British abolitions were of slavery in the West Indies."

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Source : Source: www.washingtonpost.com

Allen C. Guelzo

#Missing Quotes #Slavery Quotes #Far Away Quotes

“I wish heroes didn't exist. Whenever we need a hero, it's because there's a problem that needs to be solved; it's because two groups of people, or two countries, are hurting one another, so a hero is needed to save us. If everyone were at peace, if everyone were happy, why would we need heroes? The world is better off without heroes.”
“Santa Claus has the right idea - visit people only once a year.”
“At age 77, I need the help of someone with more energy than I can now summon to finish a book”
“I get up every morning and read the obituary column. If my name's not there, I eat breakfast.”
“The impulse which directs to right conduct, and deters from crime, is not only older than the ages of nations and cities, but coeval with that Divine Being who sees and rules both heaven and earth.”
“A magnificent achievement that witnesses powerfully to the rich development, harmony, and piety of the Reformed faith.”
“We, the generation that faces the next century, can add the solemn injunction ''If we don't do the impossible, we shall be faced with the unthinkable.”

Source : Petra Karin Kelly, Glenn D. Paige (1992). “Nonviolence Speaks to Power”, Matsunaga Inst for Peace
“I can remember my first one-night stand like it was yesterday. Well, maybe not the first. Or the second... or the fifth. I'll just begin with what I can remember and not concern myself with order.”

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