James Forten quotes
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“Whilst so much is being done in the world, to ameliorate the condition of mankind, and the spirit of Freedom is marching with rapid strides and causing tyrants to tremble, may America awake from the apathy in which she has long slumbered.”
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“It seems almost incredible that the advocates of liberty should conceive of the idea of selling a fellow creature to slavery.”
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“Has the God who made the white man and the black left any record declaring us a different species? Are we not sustained by the same power, supported by the same food. . . . And should we not then enjoy the same liberty. . .?”
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“Our country asserts for itself the glory of being the freest upon the surface of the globe... but one dark spot still dimmed its lustre. Domestic slavery existed among a people who had themselves disdained to submit to a master.”
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Source : 1937 The Olive Tree.
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“...great Ambition, unchecked by principle, or the love of Glory, is an unruly Tyrant...”
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“In adamantine chains shall Death be bound, And Hell's grim tyrant feel th' eternal wound.”
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“When America is chasing you, the whole world is chasing you.”
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Source : Aaron Copland, Richard Kostelanetz (2004). “Aaron Copland: A Reader : Selected Writings 1923-1972”, p.32, Psychology Press
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