Author: William Wilberforce

Quotes

It is the true duty of every man to promote the happiness of his fellow creatures to the utmost of his power.

It is the true duty of every man to promote the happiness of his fellow creatures to the utmost of his power.

- William Wilberforce

The objects of the present life fill the human eye with a false magnification because of their immediacy.

The objects of the present life fill the human eye with a false magnification because of their immediacy.

- William Wilberforce

Can one serve God and one's nation in parliament?

Can one serve God and one's nation in parliament?

- William Wilberforce

Life as we know it, with all its ups and downs, will soon be over. We all will give an accounting to God of how we have lived.

Life as we know it, with all its ups and downs, will soon be over. We all will give an accounting to God of how we have lived.

- William Wilberforce

My walk is a public one. My business is in the world, and I must mix in the assemblies of men or quit the post which Providence seems to have assigned me.

My walk is a public one. My business is in the world, and I must mix in the assemblies of men or quit the post which Providence seems to have assigned me.

- William Wilberforce

God Almighty has set before me two great objects: the suppression of the slave trade and the reformation of manners.

God Almighty has set before me two great objects: the suppression of the slave trade and the reformation of manners.

- William Wilberforce

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