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Quotes from In Defense of the Indians — Bartolomé de las Casas

1484–1566 Spain

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Christ wanted love to be called his single commandment. This we owe to all men. Nobody is excepted.

In Defense of the Indians (1548)

Christ seeks souls, not property. ... He who wants a large part of mankind to be such that ... he may act like a ferocious executioner toward them, press them into slavery, and through them grow rich, is a despotic master, not a Christian; a son of Satan, not of God; a plunderer, not a shepherd.

In Defense of the Indians (1548)

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