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Robert Dale Owen quotes

Scottish Politician November 7, 1801 – June 24, 1877

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If, amid the multitude of contending counsel, you have hesitated and doubted; if, when a great measure suggested itself, you have shrunk from the vast responsibility, afraid to go forward lest you should go wrong, what wonder? Robert Dale Owen
Robert Dale Owen quote: "Men ever follow willingly a daring leader: most willingly of..."
Men ever follow willingly a daring leader: most willingly of all, in great emergencies. Robert Dale Owen
Of the unjust rights which in virtue of this ceremony an iniquitous law gives me over the person and property of another, I cannot legally, but I can morally, divest myself. Robert Dale Owen
Men acquiesce in a thousand things, once righteously and boldly done, to which, if proposed to them in advance, they might find endless objections. Robert Dale Owen
The dangers which threaten us are twofold: First, from the Confederate forces, composed of men whose earnest convictions and reckless bravery it is idle to deny. Robert Dale Owen
Robert Dale Owen quote: "Property that endangers the safety of a nation should not be..."
Property that endangers the safety of a nation should not be suffered to remain in the hands of its citizens. Robert Dale Owen
Robert Dale Owen quote: "Property in man, always morally unjust, has become nationally..."
Property in man, always morally unjust, has become nationally dangerous. Robert Dale Owen
Robert Dale Owen quote: "It is idle to await unanimity."
It is idle to await unanimity. Robert Dale Owen

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