For an act may be wrong judged purely by itself, but when the motive that prompted the act is understood, it is construed differently. I lay it down as an axiom, that only that is criminal in the sight of God where crime is meditated.


Behind the scenes; or, Thirty years a slave, and four years in the White house (ed. 1868)

Elizabeth Keckley Quotes

For an act may be wrong judged purely by itself, but when the motive that prompted the act is understood, it is construed differently. I lay it down...

For an act may be wrong judged purely by itself, but when the motive that prompted the act is understood, it is construed differently. I lay it down...

For an act may be wrong judged purely by itself, but when the motive that prompted the act is understood, it is construed differently. I lay it down...

For an act may be wrong judged purely by itself, but when the motive that prompted the act is understood, it is construed differently. I lay it down...