It was not numerical strength, but the faith of one earnest soul that is able in the world of ideas and human passions to remove mountains out of the way of the onward march of mankind.
Grimké emphasizes the power of individual conviction in effecting social change.
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Whenever there is a contest between the oppressed and the oppressor, the weapons being equal between the parties, God knows that my heart must be with the oppressed, and always against the oppressor.
It would reappear as Negro serfdom unless placed in the way of utter extinction.
Then you had better let all your irons burn than neglect your duty to the slave.
On every hand over against his paper rights as a citizen, the Negro faces facts which make his citizenship seem like a snare and a delusion.