"I am yet too young to understand that God is any respecter of persons. I believe that to have interfered as I have done...in behalf of His despised poor, was not wrong, but right. Now, if it is deemed necessary that I should forfeit my life for the furtherance of the ends of justice, and mingle my blood further with the blood of my children, and with the blood of millions in this slave country whose rights are disregarded by wicked, cruel, and unjust enactments, I submit: so let it be done!"

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Source : Speech at trial for treason and insurrection, Charlestown, Va., 2 Nov. 1859 See Bible 333

John Brown

#Country Quotes #Children Quotes #Believe Quotes

“I didn't have a whole lot of success getting dates, I was always a bit of a geek.”
“Grizzly bears eat people without the benefit of music.”
“You never know when the devil might come calling.”

Source : Farley Mowat (2010). “Eastern Passage”, p.120, McClelland & Stewart
“Love and compassion benefit both ourselves and others. Through kindness to others, your heart and mind will be peaceful and open.”
“To be a student required a peculiar kind of capitulation, a willingness not simply to do as one is told, but to surrendor the movements of one's soul to the unknown complexities of another's. A willingness, not simply to be moved, but to be remade.”

Source : R. Scott Bakker (2010). “The Judging Eye: One (The Aspect-Emperor Trilogy)”, p.257, The Overlook Press
“True philosophy must start from the most immediate and comprehensive fact of consciousness: 'I am life that wants to live, in the midst of life that wants to live”
“The problem is, of course, that not only is economics bankrupt but it has always been nothing more than politics in disguise ... economics is a form of brain damage.”
“Growing up in England, I was constantly surrounded by the Arthurian legend.”

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