Quotes by William Wilberforce

"You may choose to look the other way but you can never say again that you did not know."
— William Wilberforce
"If to be feelingly alive to the sufferings of my fellow-creatures is to be a fanatic, I am one of the most incurable fanatics ever permitted to be at large."
— William Wilberforce
"We are too young to realize that certain things are impossible... So we will do them anyway."
— William Wilberforce
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William Wilberforce (24 August 1759 – 29 July 1833) was a British politician, philanthropist, and a leader of the movement to abolish the Atlantic slave trade. A native of Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshir...