Sunday, March 21, 2010

William Wilberforce: Quote for March 21, 2010

I take courage — I determine to forget all my other fears, and I march forward with a firmer step in the full assurance that my cause will bear me out, and that I shall be able to justify upon the clearest principles, every resolution in my hand, the avowed end of which is, the total abolition of the slave trade.
It took this caring politician over forty years of campaigning before his efforts finally paid off and slavery was abolished in Great Britain in 1833.

The life of William Wilberfoce is portrayed in the 2006 film "Amazing Grace." Here is a clip from that film.