John Brown Quotes

12 quotes by 9 authors

• John Brown's zeal in the cause of freedom was infinitely superior to mine. Mine was as the taper light; his was as the burning sun.… — Frederick Douglass
• In firing his gun, John Brown has merely told what time of day it is. It is high noon. — William Lloyd Garrison
• As Day and other observers had reported, the slaves were leading very comfortable lives. After this tactic [slave rebellions in the South] failed, it became… — Eustace Mullins
• This will be a great day in our history; the date of a New Revolution - quite as much needed as the old one. Even… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
• John Brown was tried for treason, murder, and inciting slaves to insurrection. — John Sergeant Wise
• If not for the direct action of a John Brown and his comrades, America would still trade in the flesh of the black man. — Emma Goldman
• Did John Brown fail? John Brown began the war that ended American slavery and made this a free Republic. — Frederick Douglass
• I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with Blood. — John Mason Brown
• John Brown first swam into my vision in the 1960s when I was a political activist in the civil rights movement and the anti-war movement… — Russell Banks
• The 60s passed and faded and I grew older, and in 1987 bought a house in upstate New York, and it turned out that John… — Russell Banks
• Beneath this slab John Brown is stowed. He watched the ads, And not the road. — Ogden Nash
• The attack of John Brown upon Harper's Ferry came upon Virginia like a clap of thunder out of a clear sky. — John Sergeant Wise

Who Wrote These John Brown Quotes

9 authors contributed a total of 12 John Brown Quotes as follows:

• 2 John Brown Quotes by Frederick Douglass
• 2 John Brown Quotes by John Sergeant Wise
• 2 John Brown Quotes by Russell Banks
• 1 John Brown Quote by William Lloyd Garrison
• 1 John Brown Quote by Eustace Mullins
• 1 John Brown Quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
• 1 John Brown Quote by Emma Goldman
• 1 John Brown Quote by John Mason Brown
• 1 John Brown Quote by Ogden Nash