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John Brown — Portrait after a picture by Augustus Washington (public domain), via Wikimedia Commons.

The quotations of

John Brown

American abolitionist

1800–1859

4 quotes, most often on Justice and Slavery.

These men are all talk; What is needed is action — action!
Remarks at the New England Anti-Slavery Convention (May 1859), quoted in William Lloyd Garrison by Wendell and Francis Garrison.
- Talking
I bring you one of the best and bravest persons on this continent — General Tubman as we call her.
As recalled by Wendell Phillips (letter of 16 June 1868), in Sarah H. Bradford, Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman (1869)
- Courage
I believe that to have interfered as I have done⁠—as I have always freely admitted I have done⁠—in behalf of His despised poor, was not wrong, but right.
John Brown’s Last Speech (1859)
- Justice
- Slavery
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!
John Brown’s Last Speech (1859)

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