My views and feelings (are) in favor of the abolition of war ... but of its abolition I despair. From LearnThat.org. [Thomas Jefferson]
The abolition of capital punishment. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
And in addition to the word abolition, which comes from 1787, we have slave driver. From Wordnik.com. [America In So Many Words] Reference
In slave lands, the word abolition was about as polite as some of the more colorful expletives of a river rat. From Wordnik.com. [Heartfire]
British "abolition" - the slave trade from an economic perspective. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Taiwan president: Trade pact to end Taiwan's economic isolation] Reference
Their abolition was the worst blow ever struck at marriage. From Wordnik.com. [Safe Marriage A Return to Sanity] Reference
Second, abolition occurs when a coherent, easy-to-articulate message is developed. From Wordnik.com. [The StandDown Texas Project] Reference
It was not my decision to remove the idea of abolition from any future referendum. From Wordnik.com. [Farmers smiling in the rain.] Reference
He also called the abolition of water charges by previous governments as "nonsensical and spineless.". From Wordnik.com. [Things that strike me] Reference
While the home and colonial governments were constructing and dissolving systems, the idea of abolition was started by the press. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Tasmania, Volume I] Reference
In January, 2008, the idea of abolition the section 13 thought crimes provision of the Canadian Human Rights Act was unthinkable. From Wordnik.com. [Last thoughts on Leo Adler - Ezra Levant] Reference
Another Polish nobleman, prompt with his sword, removed the head and thereby removed the veto, so the abolition was able to be legally carried. From Wordnik.com. [The Role of Canada in the Challenge of the East to the West] Reference
This word we wish for, you have understood, is "abolition". From Wordnik.com. [Bernard-Henri Lévy: And to Think That We Still Have to Argue Against the Death Penalty] Reference
Either it was or was not justly goaded by 'abolition' into secession. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
Nigel - At present, there is not any suggestion that any referendum should include the 'abolition' option. From Wordnik.com. [I Want A Referendum] Reference
"The Sun and the Moon" also addresses subjects such as abolition, of which the Sun was a particularly energetic advocate. From Wordnik.com. [Extra, Extra! Lunar Man-Bats] Reference
In no sense a radical, subversive, or "abolition" production, the Topeka. From Wordnik.com. [Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01] Reference
Altogether it is a significant show, and brings up some "abolition" thoughts. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy] Reference
I told him I thought 'abolition' meant to abolish or to put an end to anything. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Labors of Rev. Jordan W. Early, One of the Pioneers of African Methodism in the West and South.] Reference
He also called the abolition of water charges by previous governments as "nonsensical and spineless. From Wordnik.com. [ireland.com Breaking News] Reference
In American politics, "abolition" was only a small part of the much larger immediate abolition of slavery regardless of consequences. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
His house had always been a kind of abolition-tavern, and all itinerant lecturers were received by him with all the honours of hospitality. From Wordnik.com. [The Planter's Northern Bride] Reference
'abolition' at a time when it might have been safely carried out. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
What does the bicentenary of abolition mean for you personally?. From Wordnik.com. ['I Feel the Weight of That History'] Reference
The abolition of the slave trade was achieved through the workings of the democratic system. From Wordnik.com. ['I Feel the Weight of That History'] Reference
The abolition of slavery required someone (Lincoln) who was anathema to fanatical abolitionists. From Wordnik.com. [Save Us From The Purists] Reference
That agenda includes a call for the outright abolition of welfare and limitations on affirmative action. From Wordnik.com. [Iq] Reference
Wilberforce succeeded in the abolition of the slave trade after many generations of more subtle campaigning. From Wordnik.com. [Live Talk: Slavery in Our Times] Reference
Huffington is somewhat more circumspect-but his goal, he says, is the gradual abolition of the welfare state. From Wordnik.com. [Buying Into A Senate Race] Reference
Indeed birth order rivaled race as a predictor of who would support the abolition of slavery during the mid-1800s. From Wordnik.com. [First Born, Later Born] Reference
However, the numbers of country-specific mandates are declining as countries increasingly call for their abolition. From Wordnik.com. [Wrongs Council] Reference
Then, inserting foot into mouth, he compared the Chinese Army's "" emancipation '' of the serfs to Abraham Lincoln's abolition of slavery. From Wordnik.com. [Talking Past Each Other] Reference
That is why I feel very strongly against this Internal Security Act, and that's why I've issued a statement calling for its immediate abolition. From Wordnik.com. [Free--After 32 Lost Years] Reference
He was referring to the fact that China's textiles have swarmed into the European (and American) markets following the abolition of textile quotas. From Wordnik.com. [Does the Future Belong to China?] Reference
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