John Sergeant Wise Quotes
- That settled Abraham Lincoln with me. I was thoroughly satisfied that no such man ought to be President; but I could not yet conceive it…
- Wealthy men, too, like several of those in our neighborhood, had so many slaves that they were compelled to buy other plantations on which to…
- The attack of John Brown upon Harper's Ferry came upon Virginia like a clap of thunder out of a clear sky.
- Virginians were no more angels or philanthropists than people to the north or to the south of them. They were moved by their affections, their…