11 Quotes & Sayings By Theodore Parker

Theodore Parker was a Unitarian minister and one of the leading philosophers of his time. His sermon, "The Duty of Christians to Abstain from the Use of Spirituous Liquors" was published in The Liberator, which led to his arrest and imprisonment for heresy. He died October 22, 1867.

The arc of the moral universe is long, but it...
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The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. Theodore Parker
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Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect. Theodore Parker
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I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one, my eye reaches but little ways; I cannot calculate the curve and complete the figure by the experience of sight, I can divine it by conscience. And from what I see I am sure it bends towards justice. Theodore Parker
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Democracy means not "I am as good as you are " but "You are as good as I am." Theodore Parker
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Democracy is direct self-government over all the people for all the people by all the people. Theodore Parker
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Humanity is the Son of God. Theodore Parker
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Yet if he would man cannot live all to this world. If not religious he will be superstitious. If he worship not the true God he will have his idols. Theodore Parker
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The miser, starving his brother's body, starves also his own soul, and at death shall creep out of his great estate of injustice, poor and naked and miserable. Theodore Parker
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Truth never yet fell dead in the streets; it has such affinity with the soul of man, the seed however broadcast will catch somewhere and produce its hundredfold. Theodore Parker
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Wealth and want equally harden the human heart. Theodore Parker