"When the great advocate of abolition of slavery, Theodore Parker...delivered his
famous sermon on Justice he said, 'The Silesian merchant fattens on the weaver's tears,
and eats their children's bones. Three million slaves earn the enjoyment of Americans
who curse them in the name of Christ.' Parker did not ask the consent of President
Martin Van Buren, or a Congressional Committee. He was working and living under the
First Amendment to the Constitution. And in my own way I do the same." Stephen Fritchman. "Remarks of Reverend Stephen H. Fritchman at a Meeting of the Hollywood Council of
the Arts, Sciences and Professions, Embassy Auditorium, Los Angeles." September 21, 1951.
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