I am worth inconceivably more to hang than for any other purpose.
JOHN BROWNI cannot remember a night so dark as to have hindered the coming day.
More John Brown Quotes
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I will answer anything I can with honor, but not about others.
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The United States is a place where the men govern, but the women rule.
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The angels are ministering spirits; they are not governing spirits.
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The intent and not the deed Is in our power; and, therefore, who dares greatly Does greatly.
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I never wanted to fight against the Union, but could not turn my back on Virginia.
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Tis mean for empty praise of wit to write, As fopplings grin to show their teeth are white.
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I think every family should have a dog; it is like having a perpetual baby; it is the plaything and crony of the whole house. It keeps them all young.
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So far as I ever observed God’s dealings with my soul, the flights of preachers sometimes entertained me, but it was Scripture expressions which did penetrate my heart, and in a way peculiar to themselves.
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Had I so interfered in behalf of the rich, the powerful, the intelligent, the so-called great, or in behalf of any of their friends…every man in this court would have deemed it an act worthy of reward rather than punishment.
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Symptoms are the body’s mother tongue; signs are in a foreign language.
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I am quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood. I had, as I now think vainly, flattered myself that without very much bloodshed it might be done.
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The same eye cannot both look up to heaven and down to earth.
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Holiness does not consist in mystic speculations, enthusiastic fervours, or uncommanded austerities; it consists in thinking as God thinks, and willing as God wills.
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These men are all talk; What is needed is action – action!
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I cannot remember a night so dark as to have hindered the coming day.
JOHN BROWN