The intent and not the deed Is in our power; and, therefore, who dares greatly Does greatly.
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 b… - John Brown
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 b…
- John Brown
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 … - John Brown
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 …
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 … - John Brown
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 …
Here, before God, in the presence of these witnesses, from this time, I consecrate my life to the destruction of slavery! - John Brown
Here, before God, in the presence of these witnesses, from this time, I consecrate my life to the destruction of slavery!
I don't think the people of the slave states will ever consider the subject of slavery in its true light till some other argument is resorted to othe… - John Brown
I don't think the people of the slave states will ever consider the subject of slavery in its true light till some other argument is resorted to othe…
I cannot remember a night so dark as to have hindered the coming day. - John Brown
I cannot remember a night so dark as to have hindered the coming day.
It is not a case we are treating; it is a living, palpitating, alas, too often suffering fellow creature. - John Brown
It is not a case we are treating; it is a living, palpitating, alas, too often suffering fellow creature.
Whereas, Slavery, throughout its entire existence in the United States is none other than a most barbarous, unprovoked, and unjustifiable War of one … - John Brown
Whereas, Slavery, throughout its entire existence in the United States is none other than a most barbarous, unprovoked, and unjustifiable War of one …
I am yet too young to understand that God is any respecter of persons. I believe that to have interfered as I have done...in behalf of His despised p… - John Brown
I am yet too young to understand that God is any respecter of persons. I believe that to have interfered as I have done...in behalf of His despised p…
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