"America is good enough for us." — John Sergeant Wise

America is good enough for us. - John Sergeant Wise

"America is good enough for us."

— John Sergeant Wise

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24 Quotes by John Sergeant Wise

John Sergeant Wise has 24 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

My mother was a Northern woman, daughter of Hon. John Sergeant, a distinguished lawyer, and for many years representative in…
As early as the autumn of 1862, I was made very happy by being sent to school.
Of private differences personal to himself, my brother had none.
THE autumn of 1850 brought an event freighted with deep significance to me. My mother died.
However the Southern man may have been master of the negro, there were compensatory processes whereby certain negroes were masters…
John Brown was tried for treason, murder, and inciting slaves to insurrection.
Even if my mother had no qualms of conscience concerning ownership of negroes, her sense of duty carried her far…
In those days, slavery was not looked upon, even in Quaker Philadelphia, with the shudder and abhorrence one feels towards…
In the year 1857, passing through Washington on our return from the annual visit to Philadelphia, I had the distinguished…
And let me tell you, you boys of America, that there is no higher inspiration to any man to be…
The first American ancestor of our name was a younger son of these old Devonshire people, and came to the…
In such a condition of affairs, the practical difference between the abolitionist and the sympathizer, to the man who lost…

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I guess I wanted to leave America for awhile. It wasn't that I wanted to become an expatriate, or just… — Paul Auster
What is going on in America is extreme. The youth cult, they worship youth so much it's almost paranoid. And… — Billie Joe Armstrong
My Latin temper blows up pretty fast, but it goes down just as fast. Maybe that's why you seldom hear… — Desi Arnaz
When bright young minds can't afford college, America pays the price. — Arthur Ashe
Today, the Iraqi citizen sees that America is coming and wants to occupy his country and kill him, and he… — Bashar al-Assad
Is there an equality of power between America and Iraq? Definitely not; however, the Iraqi people are standing fast and… — Bashar al-Assad
There's no lack of writers writing novels in America, about America. Therefore, it seems to me it would be wasteful… — Chinua Achebe
God bless the USA, so large, so friendly, and so rich. — Wystan Hugh Auden
You know there are no secrets in America. It's quite different in England, where people think of a secret as… — Wystan Hugh Auden
A tremendous number of people in America work very hard at something that bores them. Even a rich man thinks… — Wystan Hugh Auden
It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too much. I can see myself… — Wystan Hugh Auden
If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do… — John James Audubon

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