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If you are not ready to be the Moses of an oppressed people, do not become its Pharaoh.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “If you are not ready to be the Moses of an oppressed people, do not become its Pharaoh.”
Editor's note · Context
Sumner uses a metaphor to challenge those in power to act justly rather than oppressively.
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