The dangers which threaten us are twofold: First, from the Confederate forces, composed of men whose earnest convictions and reckless bravery it is idle to deny. — Robert Dale Owen Copy Share Image
There is a measure needing courage to adopt and enforce it, which I believe to be of virtue sufficient to redeem the nation in this its darkest hour: one only; I know of no other to which we may rationally… — Robert Dale Owen Copy Share Image
Can you look forward to the future of our country and imagine any state of things in which, with slavery still existing, we should… — Robert Dale Owen Copy Share Image
After voluntary exertions on the part of our people to which the history of the world furnishes no parallel, is the old root of… — Robert Dale Owen Copy Share Image
In days when the public safety is imminently threatened, and the fate of a nation may hang upon a single act, we owe frank… — Robert Dale Owen Copy Share Image
Property that endangers the safety of a nation should not be suffered to remain in the hands of its citizens. — Robert Dale Owen Copy Share Image
Wisdom, prudence, forethought, these are essential. But not second to these that noble courage which adventures the right, and leaves the consequences to God. — Robert Dale Owen Copy Share Image
The dangers which threaten us are twofold: First, from the Confederate forces, composed of men whose earnest convictions and reckless bravery it is idle… — Robert Dale Owen Copy Share Image
Men acquiesce in a thousand things, once righteously and boldly done, to which, if proposed to them in advance, they might find endless objections. — Robert Dale Owen Copy Share Image
Property in man, always morally unjust, has become nationally dangerous. — Robert Dale Owen Copy Share Image
How few, since the foundation of the world, have found themselves in a position environed with public perils so numerous, oppressed with responsibilities so… — Robert Dale Owen Copy Share Image
They feel assured, as to yourself, that if the option remain with you, it is but a question of time and of form when… — Robert Dale Owen Copy Share Image
Fulfill - you can far more than fulfill - the brightest anticipations of those who, in the name of human freedom, and in the… — Robert Dale Owen Copy Share Image
Boldness and decision command, often even in evil, the respect and concurrence of mankind. — Robert Dale Owen Copy Share Image
