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Immoral laws are doubtless void, and should not be obeyed.

Wendell Phillips

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Wendell Phillips
Age: 72 †
Born: 1811
Born: November 29
Died: 1884
Died: February 2
Jurist
Lawyer
Politician
Boston
Massachusetts
Doubtless
Immoral
Void
Laws
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