
Die Wahlverwandtschaften I, 12
Erzählungen, Die Wahlverwandtschaften (1809)
über Tierschutz, in: The Principles of Morals and Legislation (1828). Übersetzung Vsop.de
("The day may come when the rest of the animal creation may acquire those rights which never could have been withholden from them but by the hand of tyranny. The French have already discovered that the blackness of the skin is no reason why a human being should be abandoned without redress to the caprice of a tormentor. It may one day come to be recognized that the number of legs, the villosity of the skin, or the termination of the os sacrum are reasons equally insufficient for abandoning a sensitive being to the same fate. [...] the question is not, Can they reason? nor, Can they talk? but, Can they suffer?" - An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation. A new edition, corrected by the author. London 1828. Chapter 17: Of the Limits of the Penal Branch of Jurisprudence. IV. Fußnote "Interest of the inferior animals improperly neglected in legislation". p. 235, 236
Die Wahlverwandtschaften I, 12
Erzählungen, Die Wahlverwandtschaften (1809)
Rede bei der Gründung der Organization of Afro-American Unity, 1964
"We declare our right on this earth to be a man, to be a human being, to be respected as a human being, to be given the rights of a human being in this society, on this earth, in this day, which we intend to bring into existence by any means necessary." - Speech at the Founding Rally of the Organization of Afro-American Unity 28. Juni 1964, in: By Any Means Necessary. Speeches, Interviews, and a Letter by Malcolm X (New York: Pathfinder Press, 1970), pp. 35-67. blackpast.org http://www.blackpast.org/?q=1964-malcolm-x-s-speech-founding-rally-organization-afro-american-unity
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