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Guilty

William Wilberforce
GuiltyVincent Gould
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Wiliam Wilberforce Anti Slavery Speech

What do you call it when you can’t defend the weak?
What do you call it when you see but you don’t speak?
What kind of people have we become?
What kind of people crack the whip but bite the tongue?

We are all Guilty
We are all to blame
For being silent in the face of this shame
We are all guilty
We all play the game

I will not stand here and try to condemn
I have no right to cast a stone, but then again
I have this feeling that silence is consent
My honourable friends

We are all Guilty
We are all to blame
For being silent in the face of this shame
We are all guilty
We all play the game

Who will be the change?

 

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William Wilberforce -
Speech to Parliament, 12th May 1789
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