"If We allow Slaves, we act against the very Principles by which we associated together, which was to relieve the distressed."

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Source : James Edward Oglethorpe (1990). “General Oglethorpe's Georgia: 1738-43”

James Oglethorpe

#Together Quotes #Principles Quotes #Slave Quotes

“I never use the words HUMANIST or HUMANITARIAN, as it seems to me that to be human is to be capable of the most heinous crimes in nature.”
“I go once a year to the Serengeti to see the wildebeest migrations because that means a lot to me, but I avoid Olduvai if I can because it is a ruin. It is most depressing.”
“Men are allowed to have passion and commitment for their work... a woman is allowed that feeling for a man, but not her work.”
“When Life knocks at the door no one can wait, When Death makes his arrest we have to go.”
“In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority.”
“love has a very dulling effect on the brain”
“The hardest novel to write was Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant.”
“The question any novel is really trying to answer is, Is life worth living?”

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