I find that to be a fool as to worldly wisdom, and to commit my cause to God, not fearing to offend men, who take offence at the simplicity of truth, is the only way to remain unmoved at the sentiments of others.

John Woolman (October 19 1720 - October 7 1772) was a North American merchant tailor journalist and itinerant Quaker preacher and an early abolitionist in the colonial era. In 1772 Woolman traveled to England where he urged Quakers to support abolition of slavery.