shall I, for fear of feeble man who shall die, hold my peace? Shall I for fear of scoffs and frowns, refrain my tongue? Ah, no!

- Maria W. Stewart

Possess the spirit of independence. The Americans do, and why should not you? Possess the spirit of men, bold and enterprising, fearless and undaunte…

- Maria W. Stewart

... there are no chains so galling as the chains of ignorance--no fetters so binding as those that bind the soul, and exclude it from the vast field …

- Maria W. Stewart

Many think, because your skins are tinged with a sable hue, that you are an inferior race of beings; but God does not consider you as such. ... he ha…

- Maria W. Stewart

give the man of color an equal opportunity with the white, from the cradle to manhood, and from manhood to the grave, and you would discover the dign…

- Maria W. Stewart

Talk without effort is nothing.

- Maria W. Stewart

Come all ye that pass by, and see if there is any sorrow like unto my sorrow.

- Maria W. Stewart

It is harder to kill a whisper than even a shouted calumny.

- Maria W. Stewart

... it is not the color of the skin that makes the man or the woman, but the principle formed in the soul. Brilliant wit will shine, come from whence…

- Maria W. Stewart