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Maria Weston Chapman Quotes

1806–1885 United States

Maria Weston Chapman (July 25, 1806 – July 12, 1885) was an American abolitionist. She was elected to the executive committee of the American Anti-Slavery Society in 1839 and from 1839 until 1842, she served as editor of the anti-slavery journal The Non-Resistant.

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Also known as: Chapman, Maria, Chapman, Maria W, Chapman, Maria W., Chapman, Maria Weston, Maria W Chapman, Maria W. Chapman

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Let us rise in the moral power of womanhood; and give utterance to the voice of outraged mercy, and insulted justice, and eternal truth, and mighty love and holy freedom.

In a republican land the power behind the throne is the power.

Don’t drag the engine, like an ignoramus, but bring wood and water and flame, like an engineer.

If this is the last bulwark of freedom, we may as well die here as anywhere.

Grudge no expense — yield to no opposition — forget fatigue — till, by the strength of prayer and sacrifice, the spirit of love have overcome.

Slavery can only be abolished by raising the character of the people who compose the nation; and that can be done only by showing them a higher one.

Confusion has seized us, and all things go wrong:
The women have leaped from "their spheres"
And instead of fixed stars, shoot as comets along,
And are setting the world by the ears!

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Maria Weston Chapman (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.