Henry Ward Beecher: “Human rights become respected in the ratio in which human…”

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Human rights become respected in the ratio in which human responsibility is felt.

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Henry Ward Beecher

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This statement connects the respect for human rights with the recognition of human responsibility, a key principle in Beecher's thought.

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THAT is the ONLY question, in our day and in our community, full of vital struggles turning upon fundamental principles.

She will be rolled up in a corner, like a cocoon waiting for its transmigration.

But the North will be an utterly dead force in the American nation.

Authority would go with productive greatness, as gravity goes with mass in matter.

Henry Ward Beecher: “Human rights become respected in the ratio in which human responsibility is felt.”