Emancipation Proclamation Quotes
12 quotes by 10 authors
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The fact that an African American sits in the White House at the helm of government in the United States of America on this 150th…
— Aberjhani
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The Emancipation Proclamation...can remind us in 2013 of all the mistakes we never want to commit again but it can also motivate us to fulfill…
— Aberjhani
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I repeat the declaration made a year ago, that 'while I remain in my present position I shall not attempt to retract or modify the…
— Abraham Lincoln
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Well, before the New Deal...[The Emancipation Proclamation] would be a good start.
— Ann Coulter
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The Emancipation Proclamation, signed by President Abraham Lincoln, was put into effect on January 1, 1863, but news of the Proclamation and enforcement did not…
— Corrine Brown
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You dislike the emancipation proclamation; and, perhaps, would have it retracted. You say it is unconstitutional - I think differently.
— Abraham Lincoln
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The world's greatest need is preaching preachers. The Gospel is our emancipation proclamation: let's take it to the slaves of sin.
— Lester Roloff
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Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great…
— Martin Luther
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The arc of American history almost inevitably moves toward freedom. Whether it's Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation, the expansion of women's rights or, now, gay…
— James McGreevey
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It is true that Mr. Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, after which there was a commitment to give 40 acres and a mule. That's where…
— Al Sharpton
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The Emancipation Proclamation is predicated upon the idea that the President may so annul the constitutions and laws of sovereign states, overthrow their domestic relations,…
— Melville Fuller
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The President then proceeded to read his Emancipation Proclamation, making remarks on the several parts as he went on, and showing that he had fully…
— Salmon P. Chase
Who Wrote These Emancipation Proclamation Quotes
10 authors contributed a total of 12 Emancipation Proclamation Quotes as follows: