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

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

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The people in power will not disappear voluntarily, giving flowers to the cops just isnt going to work. This thinking is fostered by the establishment; they like nothing better than love and nonviolence. The only way I like to see cops given flowers is in a flower pot from a high window. – William S. Burroughs

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