Quote by Angelina Grimke
The doctrine of blind obedience and unqualified submission to any

The doctrine of blind obedience and unqualified submission to any human power, whether civil or ecclesiastical, is the doctrine of despotism, and ought to have no place among Republicans and Christians. – Angelina Grimke

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Women ought to feel a peculiar sympathy in the colored mans wrong, for, like him, she has been accused of mental inferiority, and denied the privileges of a liberal education. – Angelina Grimke

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I trust the time is coming, when the occupation of an instructor to children will be deemed the most honorable of human employment. – Angelina Grimke

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Only a philosophy of eternity, in the world today, could justify non-violence. – Albert Camus

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The only thing thats been a worse flop than the organization of non-violence has been the organization of violence. – Joan Baez

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Hurt a fly! He would not for the world: hes pitiful to flies even. Sing, says he, and tease me still, if thats your way, poor insect. – Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also. Matthew 5:39 – Bible

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