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.
JOHN BROWNThere is a shrine in the temple of age, where lie forever embalmed the memories of such as have deserved well of their country and their race.
More John Brown Quotes
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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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The angels are ministering spirits; they are not governing spirits.
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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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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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These men are all talk; What is needed is action – action!
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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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I will answer anything I can with honor, but not about others.
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Caution, Sir! I am eternally tired of hearing that word caution. It is nothing but the word of cowardice!
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I have been whipped, as the saying is, but I am sure I can recover all the lost capital occasioned by that disaster; by only hanging a few moments by the neck; and I feel quite determined to make the utmost possible out of a defeat.
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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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The same eye cannot both look up to heaven and down to earth.
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I want you to understand that I respect the rights of the poorest and weakest of colored people, oppressed by the slave system, just as much as I do those of the most wealthy and powerful. That is the idea that has moved me, and that alone.
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Now let us thank th’ eternal power, convinced That Heaven but tries our virtue by affliction: That oft the cloud that wraps the present hour Serves but to brighten all our future days.
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I am worth inconceivably more to hang than for any other purpose.
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Be mild with the mild, shrewd with the crafty, confiding to the honest, rough to the ruffian, and a thunderbolt to the liar. But in all this, never be unmindful of your own dignity.
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