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Angelina Grimke Quotes

Women ought to feel a peculiar sympathy in the colored man’s wrong, for, like him, she has been accused of mental inferiority, and denied the privileges of a liberal education Picture Quote #1

The doctrine of blind obedience and unqualified submission to any human power, whether civil or ecclesiastical, is the doctrine of despotism Picture Quote #1

Our fathers waged a bloody conflict with England, because they were taxed without being represented. This is just what unmarried women of property are now Picture Quote #1

The nation is in a death-struggle. It must either become one vast slaveocracy of petty tyrants, or wholly the land of the free Picture Quote #1

I am a mystery to myself Picture Quote #1

I recognize no rights but human rights Picture Quote #1

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It is through the tongue, the pen, and the press that truth is principally propagated Picture Quote #1

One who is a slaveholder at heart never recognizes a human being in a slave Picture Quote #1

There is something in the heart of man which will bend under moral suasion. There is a swift witness for truth in his bosom, which will respond to truth when it is uttered with calmness and dignity Picture Quote #1

I know you do not make the laws but I also know that you are the wives and mothers, the sisters and daughters of those who do Picture Quote #1

I appeal to you, my friends, as mothers: are you willing to enslave your children? You stare back with horror and indignation at such questions. But why, if slavery is not wrong to those upon whom it is imposed? Picture Quote #1

Can you not see that women could do and would do a hundred times more for the slave, if she were not fettered? Picture Quote #1

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Slavery always has, and always will produce insurrections wherever it exists, because it is a violation of the natural order of things Picture Quote #1

Who has ever attempted to draw a line of separation between the duties of men and women, as moral beings, without committing the grossest inconsistencies on the one hand, or running into the most arrant absurdities on the other? Picture Quote #1

I trust the time is coming, when the occupation of an instructor to children will be deemed the most honorable of human employment Picture Quote #1

So precious a talent as intellect never was given to be wrapt in a napkin and buried in the earth Picture Quote #1

We know it matters not what we have been but this and always this: what we shall be Picture Quote #1

I want to be identified with the negro; until he gets his rights, we shall never have ours Picture Quote #1

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Thou art blind to the danger of marrying a woman who feels and acts out the principle of equal rights Picture Quote #1

If a law commands me to sin I will break it; if it calls me to suffer, I will let it take its course unresistingly Picture Quote #1

I have not placed reading before praying because I regard it more important, but because, in order to pray aright, we must understand what we are praying for Picture Quote #1

Women ought to feel a peculiar sympathy in the colored man’s wrong, for, like him, she has been accused of mental inferiority, and denied the privileges of a liberal education Picture Quote #1

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Women ought to feel a peculiar sympathy in the colored man’s wrong, for, like him, she has been accused of mental inferiority, and denied the privileges of a liberal education. (Angelina Grimke Quotes) The doctrine of blind obedience and unqualified submission to any human power, whether civil or ecclesiastical, is the doctrine of despotism ... (Angelina Grimke Quotes) Our fathers waged a bloody conflict with England, because they were taxed without being represented. This is just what unmarried women of property are now (Angelina Grimke Quotes) The nation is in a death-struggle. It must either become one vast slaveocracy of petty tyrants, or wholly the land of the free (Angelina Grimke Quotes) I am a mystery to myself (Angelina Grimke Quotes) I recognize no rights but human rights (Angelina Grimke Quotes) It is through the tongue, the pen, and the press that truth is principally propagated (Angelina Grimke Quotes) One who is a slaveholder at heart never recognizes a human being in a slave (Angelina Grimke Quotes) There is something in the heart of man which will bend under moral suasion. There is a swift witness for truth in his bosom, which will respond to truth when it is uttered with calmness and dignity (Angelina Grimke Quotes) I know you do not make the laws but I also know that you are the wives and mothers, the sisters and daughters of those who do (Angelina Grimke Quotes) I appeal to you, my friends, as mothers: are you willing to enslave your children? You stare back with horror and indignation at such questions. But why, if slavery is not wrong to those upon whom it is imposed? (Angelina Grimke Quotes) Can you not see that women could do and would do a hundred times more for the slave, if she were not fettered? (Angelina Grimke Quotes) Slavery always has, and always will produce insurrections wherever it exists, because it is a violation of the natural order of things (Angelina Grimke Quotes) Who has ever attempted to draw a line of separation between the duties of men and women, as moral beings, without committing the grossest inconsistencies on the one hand, or running into the most arrant absurdities on the other? (Angelina Grimke Quotes) I trust the time is coming, when the occupation of an instructor to children will be deemed the most honorable of human employment (Angelina Grimke Quotes) So precious a talent as intellect never was given to be wrapt in a napkin and buried in the earth (Angelina Grimke Quotes) We know it matters not what we have been but this and always this: what we shall be (Angelina Grimke Quotes) I want to be identified with the negro; until he gets his rights, we shall never have ours (Angelina Grimke Quotes) Thou art blind to the danger of marrying a woman who feels and acts out the principle of equal rights (Angelina Grimke Quotes) If a law commands me to sin I will break it; if it calls me to suffer, I will let it take its course unresistingly (Angelina Grimke Quotes) I have not placed reading before praying because I regard it more important, but because, in order to pray aright, we must understand what we are praying for (Angelina Grimke Quotes) Women ought to feel a peculiar sympathy in the colored man’s wrong, for, like him, she has been accused of mental inferiority, and denied the privileges of a liberal education (Angelina Grimke Quotes)