1800-1859, American Militant Abolitionist
A good conversationalist is not one who remembers what was said, but says what someone wants to remember.
John Mason Brown – [Conversation]
America is a land where men govern, but women rule.
John Mason Brown – [America]
Charm is a glow within a woman which casts a most becoming light on others.
John Mason Brown – [Charm]
Friendship should be a private pleasure, not a public boast. I loathe those braggarts who are forever trying to invest themselves with importance by calling important people by their first names in or out of print. Such first-naming for effect makes me cringe.
John Mason Brown – [Friends and Friendship]
I am as content to die for God's eternal truth on the scaffold as in any other way.
John Mason Brown – [Martyrdom]
I am ready any time. Do not keep me waiting.
John Mason Brown – [Time and Time Management]
I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with Blood.
John Mason Brown – [Revolutions and Revolutionaries]
No one is worthy of a good home here or in heaven that is not willing to be in peril for a good cause.
John Mason Brown – [Danger]
The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
John Mason Brown – [Purpose]