Philipp Lahm

The abolition of the double sanction for a foul in the box is a welcome change. There are times that you cannot help but stop your opponent in the box, with your momentum forcing you to make a challenge. Fouls can't be avoided in that situation but your intention was fair.

German Athlete

John Boyle O'Reilly

The brutalities of a fight with bare hands, the crushed nasal bones, maimed lips, and other disfigurements, which call for the utter abolition of boxing in the interests of humanity, at once disappear when the contestants cover their hands with large, soft-leather gloves.

Irish Poet

William Lloyd Garrison

Whether permitted to live to witness the abolition of slavery or not, I felt assured that, as I demanded nothing that was not clearly in accordance with justice and humanity, some time or other, if remembered at all, I should stand vindicated in the eyes of my countrymen.

American Journalist

George William Norris

During practically all of my public life, I have been a sincere advocate of an agreement between the leading nations of the world to set up all the necessary international machinery that would bring about a practical abolition of war between civilized nations.

American Politician

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

I build no system. I ask an end to privilege, the abolition of slavery, equality of rights, and the reign of law. Justice, nothing else; that is the alpha and omega of my argument: to others I leave the business of governing the world.

French Economist

Subramanian Swamy

As an economist, the only advice I can give the Modi government is to take some steps that will raise the morale of the consumer and investor. That means income tax abolition and reducing the annual interest rate to nine per cent.

Indian Politician

Frank B. Kellogg

I believe that in the end the abolition of war, the maintenance of world peace, the adjustment of international questions by pacific means will come through the force of public opinion, which controls nations and peoples.

Greg Grandin

America is exceptional, it is asserted, because, with the exception of the abolition of slavery, it has been able to extend the promise of liberal reform mostly peacefully, through its democratic institutions.

American Historian

Lal Bahadur Shastri

We believe in peace in the settlement of all disputes through peaceful means, in the abolition of war, and, more particularly, nuclear war.

Indian Leader

Marine Le Pen

I think that each country must protect its own borders, and that is why I'm simply asking for the abolition of Schengen.

French Politician

Abolition often refers to ending practices considered unacceptable, like slavery or segregation.

Historical Context

Abolition implies a formal and legal ending, often associated with laws or regulations.

Legal Importance

Abolition can be a hot topic in political debates, reflecting societal shifts and controversies.

Political Debates

 with nuclear anything, whether it's war or terrorism, is abolition of nuclear weapons. And you want something to work on once you've fixed global warming, I urge you to think about the fact that we have to do something about this unacceptable, inhumane reality of nuclear weapons

Irwin Redlener: How to...

 It's bright and peaceful, and when you stand up in front of it, it's really hard to believe these were military barracks at the end of the '40s. We started a new life without an army in this place, and here is where our abolition of fossil fuels will be announced one day.

A small country with big...

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Surviving a nuclear...

 that kept some of the most important achievements of the revolution in freedom of religion abolition of hereditary privilege, and equality before the law for all men." "All men, indeed. He deprived women of the rights that the revolution had given them

History vs. Napoleon...

 Government forces had. Nixon told Rockefeller to stand his ground. Those who survived the massacre continued fighting for revolutionary change. Long after being released, Smith and Blyden campaigned for social justice and prison abolition.

What really happened...

 and formed the Confederate States of America. They left, or seceded, in response to the growing movement for the nationwide abolition of slavery. Mississippi said, “our position is thoroughly identified with the institution of slavery.”

Debunking the myth of...

 making it impossible for slaves and their future descendants to attain equal status in society. In all of these ways, the Atlantic slave trade was an injustice on a massive scale whose impact has continued long after its abolition.

The Atlantic slave...

 Everything in the brain changes, and out of this come extraordinary examples of human change. First this is a man named John Newton, a British theologian who played a central role in the abolition of slavery from the British Empire

The biology of our best...

 Early modifications involved simply bending the planks of the box to tweak the sound, and when abolition of slavery introduced the cajon to a broader population, more improvisation and experimentation soon followed.

Rhythm in a box: The...

 Eventually, she married an enslaved man named Thomas, with whom she had three children. She was desperate to keep her new family together— but the slow progress of abolition threatened this hope.