Abolitionist Quote by Pete Seeger

I came from an intellectual family. Most were doctors, preachers, teachers, businessmen. My grandfather was a small businessman. His father was an abolitionist doctor,…

— Pete Seeger

I'm descended from southern slaves, and I'm descended on my mother's side from northern European Protestant immigrants.

— Thomas Chatterton Williams

Is it not strange that the descendants of those Pilgrim Fathers who crossed the Atlantic to preserve their own freedom of opinion have always…

— William E. Simon

I descend from both Philadelphia Quakers and Carolina colonists whose families were separated by the Revolutionary War. That helped give me insight into the…

— Edward Rutherfurd

My parents were, had a marriage of passion, and the passion was about their religious beliefs. They were both immigrant families that - well,…

— Phil Jackson

My ancestors were Puritans from England. They arrived here in 1648 in the hope of finding greater restrictions than were permissible under English law…

— Garrison Keillor

My mother was born in your state, Mr. Walter, and my mother was a Quaker, and my ancestors in the time of Washington baked…

— Paul Robeson

I know my father believed and my mother believed in and supported the suffrage movement, and I remember my mother taking me to suffrage…

— Alice Paul

I am first-generation American, so I didn't grow up in the South or have any relatives who were slaves. My forefathers were colonized.

— Adina Porter

I always remember the teachings of our ancestors: respect for God, teacher, government, and both parents. Even after I became president, I have not…

— Suharto

It's difficult to judge people from 100 years ago by today's standards. But I go back into the early middle part of the 19th…

— Steve King

I escaped from slavery and became a leading abolitionist and speaker.

— Frederick Douglass