Robert Dale Owen Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Men ever follow willingly a daring leader: most willingly of all, in great emergencies.”

“It is within your power at this very moment not only to consumate an act of enlightened statesmanship, but, as the instrument of the Almighty, to restore to freedom a race of men.”

“They feel assured, as to yourself, that if the option remain with you, it is but a question of time and of form when and how a proclamation of emancipation will be issued.”

“Property in man, always morally unjust, has become nationally dangerous.”

“Property that endangers the safety of a nation should not be suffered to remain in the hands of its citizens.”

“We can constitutionally extirpate slavery at this time.”

“How few, since the foundation of the world, have found themselves in a position environed with public perils so numerous, oppressed with responsibilities so high and solemn, as yourself!”

“In days when the public safety is imminently threatened, and the fate of a nation may hang upon a single act, we owe frank speech, above all other men, to him who is highest in authority. I shall speak to you as man to man.”

“In the due exercise of your official power, in strictest accordance with law and the Constitution, you can deprive the enemy of that which, above all else, has given, and still gives him, aid and comfort.”

“Can you look forward to the future of our country and imagine any state of things in which, with slavery still existing, we should be assured of permanent peace? I cannot.”