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Charles Sumner: “To a good man, injustice, even on a small scale, is not tolerable; he feels the necessity of resisting it; but where the…”

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To a good man, injustice, even on a small scale, is not tolerable; he feels the necessity of resisting it; but where the victims are counted by millions, this necessity becomes a transcendent duty, quickened and invigorated by all the instincts of self-preservation.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner articulates the moral obligation to resist injustice, especially when it affects millions, framing it as a duty of self-preservation.

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