Quotes on John Brown

In firing his gun, John Brown has merely told what time of day it is. It is high noon.

If not for the direct action of a John Brown and his comrades, America would still trade in the flesh of the black man.

This will be a great day in our history; the date of a New Revolution - quite as much needed as the old one. Even now as I write they are leading old John Brown to execution in Virginia for attempting to rescue slaves! This is sowing the wind to reap the whirlwind which will come soon!

[John Brown's] zeal in the cause of freedom was infinitely superior to mine. Mine was as the taper light, his was as the burning sun... I could speak for the slave. John Brown could fight for the slave.