“The moral judgments and acts of the soul all involve an exercise of reason, so that it is impossible to separate the ethical and intellectual functions.” — Robert Lewis Dabney Copy Share Image
“An insuperable difference of race, made by God and not by man, and of character and social condition, makes it plainly impossible for a… — Robert Lewis Dabney Copy Share Image
“Every hope of the existence of church and of state, and of civilization itself, hangs upon our arduous effort to defeat the doctrine of… — Robert Lewis Dabney Copy Share Image
“Thus, if the low grade of intelligence, virtue, and civilization of the African in America, disqualified him for being his own guardian, and if… — Robert Lewis Dabney Copy Share Image
“The moral judgments and acts of the soul all involve an exercise of reason, so that it is impossible to separate the ethical and… — Robert Lewis Dabney Copy Share Image
“It may be inferred again that the present movement for women’s rights will certainly prevail from the history of its only opponent, Northern conservatism. This [Northern conservatism] is a party which never conserves anything. Its history has been that it demurs to each aggression of the progressive party, and aims to save its credit by a respectable amount of growling,… — Robert Lewis Dabney Copy Share
“For the African race, such as Providence has made it, and where He has placed it in America, slavery was the righteous, the best,… — Robert Lewis Dabney Copy Share Image
“He that is not with his God is against Him...Hence, as there cannot be in any soul a non-Christian state which is not anti-Christian,… — Robert Lewis Dabney Copy Share Image
“When the friends of the Bible win a victory over one phase of infidelity, they naturally hope that there will be a truce in… — Robert Lewis Dabney Copy Share Image
“Is it by the instrumentality of faith we receive Christ as our justification, without the merit of any of our works? Well. But this… — Robert Lewis Dabney Copy Share Image
