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“The will of the people, moreover, practically means, the will of the most numerous or the most active part of the people; the majority, or those who succeed in making themselves accepted as the majority: the people, consequently, may desire to oppress a part of their number; and precautions are as much needed against this, as against any other abuse of power.”
― John Stuart Mill, On Liberty

“She could but refuse me, and better be a repulsed lover than an accepted brother.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World

“Few, I believe, have had much affection for mankind, who did not first love their parents, their brothers, sisters, and even the domestic brutes, whom they first played with.”
― Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

“Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is relieved by them, only as an aching heart is relieved by its tears.”
― Frederick Douglass, The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave