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“In defending the great cause of human rights, I wish to derive the assistance of all religions and of all parties.
— William Lloyd Garrison
Abolitionist and journalist
William Lloyd Garrison, "To The Public", The Liberator, January 1, 1831. Quoted in Federico Lenzerini, The Culturalization of Human Rights Law, Oxford University Press, 2014. Lenzerini states Garrison was "One of the first writers to use th
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