Political Quotes

Archibald Henry Grimké: With unerring moral instinct he had from the start placed his reliance "on nothing but the eternal principles of justice…

On the record
With unerring moral instinct he had from the start placed his reliance "on nothing but the eternal principles of justice for the speedy overthrow of slavery.
Said by
Archibald Henry Grimké

Editor's note · Context

Grimké emphasizes the importance of relying on justice for the abolition of slavery.

Share

More from Archibald Henry Grimké

It is a gangrene preying upon our vitals--an earthquake rumbling under our feet--a mine accumulating material for a national catastrophe.

gutenberg.org

But ignorance is a breeder of crime just as poverty is.

gutenberg.org

To such an unconquerable will, to such an invincible faith obstacles vanish; the impossible becomes the attainable.

gutenberg.org

This sounds singular in this land of the free and it is singular, for of no other class of American labor could it be said that its right to migrate from one state to another is actually obstructed by law and would be resisted by force.

gutenberg.org