Maria W. Stewart Quotes

#1. Many think, because your skins are tinged with a sable hue, that you are an inferior race of beings; but God does not consider you as such ... he hath made all men free and equal. Then why should one worm say to another, 'Keep you down there, while I sit up yonder; for I am better than thou?

Maria W. Stewart

#2. African rights and liberty is a subject that ought to fire the breast of every free man of color in these United States, and excite in his bosom a lively, deep, decided and heart-felt interest.

Maria W. Stewart

#3. It is not the color of the skin that makes the man or the woman, but the principle formed in the soul. Brilliant wit will shine, come from whence it will; and genius and talent will not hide the brightness of its lustre.

Maria W. Stewart

#4. Come all ye that pass by, and see if there is any sorrow like unto my sorrow.

Maria W. Stewart

#5. Shall I, for fear of feeble man who shall die, hold my peace? Shall I for fear of scoffs and frowns, refrain my tongue? Ah, no!

Maria W. Stewart

#6. Talk without effort is nothing.

Maria W. Stewart

#7. All the nations of the earth are crying out for liberty and equality. Away, away with tyranny and oppression!

Maria W. Stewart

#8. Give the man of color an equal opportunity with the white, from the cradle to manhood, and from manhood to the grave, and you would discover the dignified statesman, the man of science, and the philosopher.

Maria W. Stewart

#9. Am I not a woman and a sister?

Maria W. Stewart