Quotes from William Ellery Channing

Undoubtedly a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himself

The only freedom worth possessing is that which gives enlargement to a people's energy, intellect, and virtues.

The spirit of liberty is not merely, as multitudes imagine, a jealousy of our own particular rights, but a respect for the rights of others, and an unwillingness that any man, whether high or low, should be wronged and trampled under foot.

True love is the parent of humility

Faith is love taking the form of aspiration.

We look forward to the time when the power to love will replace the love of power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace.