Category: social reformer
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Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them.
Frederick Douglass
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The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.
Henry Ward Beecher
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The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.
Henry Ward Beecher
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It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.
Frederick Douglass
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We steal if we touch tomorrow. It is God’s.
Henry Ward Beecher
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All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can’t be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot.
Henry Ward Beecher
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Never forget what a person says to you when they are angry.
Henry Ward Beecher
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It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
Frederick Douglass
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Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.
Henry Ward Beecher
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The advertisements in a newspaper are more full knowledge in respect to what is going on in a state or community than the editorial columns are.
Henry Ward Beecher