American Abolitionist Quotes

In Virgil's account of the good housewife, who rises early in order to measure out the work of the household, and in Solomon's description of the thrifty woman of his time, one sees the value set upon feminine industry and economy in times far removed from our own.

Julia Ward Howe

Irony is jesting hidden behind gravity. Humor is gravity concealed behind the jest.

Make people happy and there will not be half the quarreling, or a tenth part of the wickedness there now is.

Lydia Maria Child

The slave power dares anything, and it can be conquered only by the united masses of the people. From Congress to the people, I appeal.

Our nerves and sinews, our tears and blood have been sacrificed on the altar of this nation's avarice. Our unpaid labor has been a stepping-stone to its financial success. Some of its dividends must surely be ours.

Sojourner Truth

The ultimate aim of the human mind, in all its efforts, is to become acquainted with Truth.

I will answer anything I can with honor, but not about others.

John Brown (abolitionist)

No class is safe unless government is so arranged that each class has in its hands the means of protecting itself. That is the idea of republics.

Wendell Phillips

I felt more than ever the necessity of my mission. But I went home out of spirits, I hardly know why. I must work by myself all life long.

Elizabeth Blackwell