Frederick Law Olmsted Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by Frederick Law Olmsted:

With regard to the moral and religious condition of the slaves, I cannot, either from what I observe, or from what is told me, consider it in any way gratifying.
~Frederick Law Olmsted


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This is just what I have thought when I have seen slaves at work - they seem to go through the motions of labor without putting strength into them. They keep their powers in reserve for their own use at night, perhaps.
~Frederick Law Olmsted


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The possession of arbitrary power has always, the world over, tended irresistibly to destroy humane sensibility, magnanimity, and truth.
~Frederick Law Olmsted


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