John Brown Quotes

Abolitionist

John Brown, a prominent abolitionist, was born on May 9, 1800, and died on December 2, 1859. He is known for his extreme abolitionist actions and ideas, particularly for his planning of the Harpers Ferry raid in 1859 to free slaves.

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Famous John Brown Quotes

“Holiness does not consist in mystic speculations, enthusiastic fervours, or uncommanded austerities; it consists in thinking as God thinks, and willing as God wills.”

Thinking Doe Willing Gods Will Holiness Speculation Enthusiastic Mystic Austerity

Book:Expository discourses on the first epistle of ... Peter

Source: Expository discourses on the first epistle of ... Peter

“I think every family should have a dog; it is like having a perpetual baby; it is the plaything and crony of the whole house. It keeps them all young.”

Thinking Should Whole Young House Dog Baby Should Have Perpetual Dog Lover Cronies

Book:Spare Hours (3)

Source: Spare Hours (3)

“I don't think the people of the slave states will ever consider the subject of slavery in its true light till some other argument is resorted to other than moral persuasion.”

People Thinking States Light Moral Subjects Argument Slavery Slave Persuasion

Book:The Life and Letters of John Brown, Liberator of Kansas and Martyr of Virginia

Source: The Life and Letters of John Brown, Liberator of Kansas and Martyr of Virginia

“I am quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood. I had, as I now think vainly, flattered myself that without very much bloodshed it might be done.”

Thinking War Done Might Certain Blood Land Crime Guilty Civil War American Civil War Flattered Bloodshed

Book:The Life and Letters of John Brown, Liberator of Kansas and Martyr of Virginia

Source: The Life and Letters of John Brown, Liberator of Kansas and Martyr of Virginia