“These are the sentiments of JUSTICE AND HUMANITY.”
Thomas Paine (1737–1809) English and American political activist
1770s, African Slavery in America (March 1775)
“The sentiment of to-day is social and philanthropic. … [but] we must forever bear in mind that sentiment is subjective, and a personal thing. However exalted and however ardent, it cannot be accepted as a scale for justice, or as a test for truth.”
in "The Cost of Modern Sentiment" (1916)
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