John Brown

"The liberation of humanity requires the sacrifice of some for the freedom of all."

"Let the world know that I died believing in the triumph of justice."

"The voice of conscience cannot be silenced by chains or fear."

"I trust in the ultimate victory of the cause of human freedom."

"My final words are a prayer for the complete liberation of all enslaved people."

"History will vindicate those who stood against oppression."

"The eternal God is on the side of justice and human dignity."

"I am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood."

"Let us cheerfully do our duty."

"I have another object of less importance. I wish to do something to improve the condition of the colored people."

"I feel assured that I have acted in the cause of right and according to my best judgement."

"The way of the transgressor is hard."

"I am fully aware that I have been all my life what is called an 'oddity.'"

"Slavery will exist until we take action against it."

"I wish to say, further, that you had better, all you people at the South, prepare yourselves for a settlement of that question that must come up."

"I cannot tolerate slavery any longer."

"A man who has nothing to die for has nothing to live for."

"The Almighty has his own purposes and will carry them out."

"I have fought the good fight."

"No great change is ever achieved without sacrifice."

"I am quite cheerful in view of my approaching end."

"The law of God alone is supreme."

"I recognize the image of my Maker both in the slaveholder and the enslaved."

"Every conversation ought to have a purpose."

"Let us work for the day when such an evil will no longer exist."

"I believe that to have lived and died in the attempt to free those unjustly held as slaves has not been in vain."

"Violence is the midwife of revolution."

"A man should give up his wealth, his pleasures, his life even if necessary for the cause of truth."

"I am the son of a man of God and I must act accordingly."

"The life of no nation can be worth the price of a man's freedom."