Beilby Porteus
Beilby Porteus
Beilby Porteus, successively Bishop of Chester and of London was a Church of England reformer and a leading abolitionist in England. He was the first Anglican in a position of authority to seriously challenge the Church's position on slavery...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth8 May 1731
Beilby Porteus quotes about
god men millions
Kill a man, and you are an assassin. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and you are a god.
hero murder millions
One murder makes a villian, millions a hero
love-is divine description
Love is something so divine, Description would but make it less; 'Tis what I feel, but can't define, 'Tis what I know but can't express
hero numbers murder
One murder made a villain, Millions a hero. Princes were privileged To kill, and numbers sanctified the crime.
action bad-thoughts bad-actions
Bad thoughts quickly ripen into bad actions.