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

~William Wilberforce

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If you love someone who is ruining his or her life because of faulty thinking, and you don't do anything about it because you are afraid of what others might think, it would seem that rather than being loving, you are in fact being heartless.

~William Wilberforce

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

~William Wilberforce

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Of all things, guard against neglecting God in the secret place of prayer.

~William Wilberforce

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Let everyone regulate his conduct... by the golden rule of doing to others as in similar circumstances we would have them do to us, and the path of duty will be clear before him.

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I am disturbed when I see the majority of so-called Christians having such little understanding of the real nature of the faith they profess. Faith is a subject of such importance that we should not ignore it because of the distractions or the hectic pace of our lives.

~William Wilberforce

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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.

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Surely the principles of Christianity lead to action as well as meditation.

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

~William Wilberforce

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Politician

Born: August 24th, 1759

Died: July 29th, 1833

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