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Nay, cannot all the despotisms of the earth take shelter under them?
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William Lloyd Garrison
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gutenberg.orgWilliam Lloyd Garrison: “Nay, cannot all the despotisms of the earth take shelter under them?”
Editor's note · Context
This rhetorical question critiques the potential misuse of arguments to justify tyranny.
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