#ai

I am a plain man, and I care and know comparatively little about rhetoric. ↗

— Gerrit Smith

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It, sometimes, suits the slaveholders to claim, that their slavery is an exclusively State concern; and that the North has, therefore, nothing to do with it. ↗

— Gerrit Smith

#concern #exclusively #north #nothing #slavery

Let us tell our legislators in advance, that this is a right, restraints on which, we will not, cannot bear; and that every attempt to restrain it is a palpable wrong on God and man. ↗

— Gerrit Smith

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The only ground on which a neutral State can claim respect at the hands of belligerents is, that, so far as she is concerned, their rights are protected. ↗

— Gerrit Smith

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No student of history can fail to see the moral interest of the Middle Ages, any more than an artist can fail to see their aesthetic interest. ↗

— Goldwin Smith

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That Rome was comparatively great and wealthy is certain. ↗

— Goldwin Smith

#comparatively #great #rome #wealthy

The novelist must ground his work in faithful study of human nature. ↗

— Goldwin Smith

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I've spent the last 50 years or so steeping myself in the world's religions, and I've done my homework. I've gone to each of the world's eight great religions and sought out the most profound scholars I could find, and I've apprenticed myself to them and actually practiced each faith. ↗

— Huston Smith

#could #done #each #eight #faith

The faith I was born into formed me. ↗

— Huston Smith

#faith #formed #i #i was born #into

After years of piecemeal reform the current welfare system is complex and unfair. ↗

— Iain Duncan Smith

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