It is no merit in the sorrowful that they weep, or to the oppressed and smothering that they gasp and struggle, not to me, that I must speak for the oppressed – who cannot speak for themselves.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWEBy what strange law of mind is it that an idea long overlooked, and trodden under foot as a useless stone, suddenly sparkles out in new light, as a discovered diamond?
More Harriet Beecher Stowe Quotes
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The obstinacy of cleverness and reason is nothing to the obstinacy of folly and inanity.
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Self respect is impossible without liberty.
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The Negro is an exotic of the most gorgeous and superb countries of the world, and he has deep in his heart a passion for all that is splendid, rich and fanciful.
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The past, the present and the future are really one: they are today.
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Let us never doubt everything that ought to happen is going to happen.
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Dogs can bear more cold than human beings, but they do not like cold any better than we do; and when a dog has his choice, he will very gladly stretch himself on a rug before the fire for his afternoon nap.
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there is no independence and pertinacity of opinion like that of these seemingly soft, quiet creatures, whom it is so easy to silence, and so difficult to convince.
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The pain of discipline is short, but the glory of the fruition is eternal.
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All men are free and equal in the grave, if it comes to that.
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Half the misery in the world comes of want of courage to speak and to hear the truth plainly and in a spirit of love.
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Fanaticism is governed by imagination rather than judgment.
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I am one of the sort that lives by throwing stones at other people’s glass houses, but I never mean to put up one for them to stone.
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It’s a matter of taking the side of the weak against the strong, something the best people have always done.
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Talk of the abuses of slavery! Humbug! The thing itself is the essence of all abuse!
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My vocation to preach on paper.
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