John Brown (abolitionist) Quote

I want you to understand that I respect the rights of the poorest and weakest of colored people, oppressed [to deny others their rights or liberty] by the slave system, just as much as I do those of the most wealthy and powerful. That is the idea that has moved me, and that alone.

The Life and Letters of John Brown, Liberator of Kansas and Martyr of Virginia (ed. 1910)