God Almighty has set before me two great objects, the suppression of the slave trade and the reformation of manners.
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Is it not the great end of religion, and, in particular, the glory of Christianity, to extinguish the malignant passions to curb the violence, to control the appetites, and to smooth the asperities of man to make us compassionate and kind, and forgiving one to another to make us good husbands, good fathers, good friends and to render us active and useful in the discharge of the relative social and civil dutiesWilliam Wilberforce
And, sir, when we think of eternity, and of the future consequences of all human conduct, what is there in this life that should make any man contradict the dictates of his conscience, the principles of justice, the laws of religion, and of God
William Wilberforce
Let everyone regulate his conduct... by the golden rule of doing to others as in similar circumstances we would have them do to us, and the path of duty will be clear before him.
William Wilberforce
Their more lowly paths have been allotted to them by the hand of God . . . it is their part faithfully to discharge its duties, and contentedly to bear its inconveniences.
William Wilberforce
Can you tell a plain man the road to heaven? Certainly, turn at once to the right, then go straight forward.
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