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When there is not enough religion in the pulpit to organize a crusade…
Quote byRebecca Latimer Felton · 1835–1930
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: August 11, 1897.
English (original)
When there is not enough religion in the pulpit to organize a crusade against sin; nor justice in the court house to promptly punish crime; nor manhood enough in the nation to put a sheltering arm about innocence and virtue----if it needs lynching to protect woman's dearest possession from the ravening human beasts----then I say lynch, a thousand times a week if necessary.
— Rebecca Latimer Felton
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