Ministers of the gospel, like the priest in the parable of the Good Samaritan, coming and looking at the bleeding victim of the highway robber, and passing on the other side; or, baser still, perverting the pages of the sacred volume to turn into a code of slavery the very word of God!
Quincy criticizes religious leaders for neglecting their moral responsibilities towards the oppressed.
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The spirit of freedom and the spirit of slavery are drawing together for the deadly conflict of arms.
Adams replied: "I have no hesitation to say I hold that act unconstitutional and void.
He knew how little a majority of the men of his own time were disposed or qualified to estimate his character with justice.
Texas and slavery are interwoven in every banner floating on the Democratic breeze. 'Freedom or death' should be inscribed on ours.
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