Quote#Politics & Power
My doctrine is this, that if we see cruelty or wrong that we have the…
Quote byAnna Sewell · 1820–1878
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Black Beauty (1877), Ch. XXXVIII, p. 192.
English (original)
My doctrine is this, that if we see cruelty or wrong that we have the power to stop, and do nothing, we make ourselves sharers in the guilt.
— Anna Sewell
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