The “cause” was two-fold: abolition of slavery and establishment of women’s rights, especially suffrage. Some abolitionists and feminists thought it essential to win the support of clergymen.
Letter 15 (October 20, 1837).
Letters on the Equality of the Sexes and the Condition of Woman (1837)
Source: Freedom, Loyalty, Dissent (1954), pp. 70-71
“Paid off? Do you mean bribery?”
“That is, umm, not an entirely pleasant word for it.” Dreschler’s doughy face took on a pained expression. “It is more in the nature of an advance payment to ensure the labor force will be satisfied with the negotiated wage schedules.”
Source: Jack Faust (1997), Chapter 15, “The Abortion” (p. 265)
Collected Works, Vol. 27, pp. 383–387.
Collected Works
Source: Revolution!: Sayings of Vladimir Lenin
“It's panhandling... That's the system we have, though. It's based on bribery.”
On political fund-raising
Harvard interview (February 2004)
Sec. 34
The Antichrist (1888)
As quoted in Richard Pipes, The Unknown Lenin: From the Secret Archive (1996), p. 69.
Attributions
“He who has the truth at his heart need never fear the want of persuasion on his tongue.”
Volume III, chapter II, section 99.
The Stones of Venice (1853)
Source: The Stones of Venice: Volume I. The Foundations
Source: The Nine Emotional Lives of Cats (2002), Ch. 1
By the time our children are old enough to examine the evidence, our propaganda has closed their minds.
Source: 1930s, Power: A New Social Analysis (1938), Ch. 17: The Ethics of Power
