Charles James Fox Quote

Humanity…does not consist in a squeamish ear. It belongs to the mind as well as the nerves, and leads a man to take measures for the prevention of cruelty which the hypocritical cant of humanity contents itself in deploring.


speech in a House of Commons debate on the slave trade, 18 April 1791


Humanity…does not consist in a squeamish ear. It belongs to the mind as well as the nerves, and leads a man to take measures for the prevention of...

Humanity…does not consist in a squeamish ear. It belongs to the mind as well as the nerves, and leads a man to take measures for the prevention of...

Humanity…does not consist in a squeamish ear. It belongs to the mind as well as the nerves, and leads a man to take measures for the prevention of...

Humanity…does not consist in a squeamish ear. It belongs to the mind as well as the nerves, and leads a man to take measures for the prevention of...