Shocking Sayings

It is not worth my while to manufacture in three countries only; but I can find it very worthwhile to make it for the whole world.

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain - and most fools do.

Homo Sapiens. Diurnus; varians cultura, loco. Europaeus albus, Asiaticus luridus, Africanus niger, Americanus rufus.

The poor wretches say anything that comes into their mind and what they think the interrogator wishes to know.

I am a slave, and not a king, to listen to the advice of others.

The liberty of blacks could be guaranteed only under an independent black government.

I will be what I ought to be, and if I am not, I will be nothing.

The Negroes of Africa have received from nature no intelligence that rises above the foolish.

Twenty years after I am dead, I shall be a despot, sitting in my chair with Dapple in my hand, and wearing one of the coats I wear now.

License they mean when they cry, Liberty! For who loves that, must first be wise and good.

If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would not have given them to such a scoundrel.

If I am to be a Christian, I must be a Jew.

For we must not think that it is an arbitrary will in God that is the cause of election, but that he wills justly and without fault.

I offered Christ to the Negroes in Antigua. I offered him to the slaves. I offered him to the very dregs of the people.

I can with truth assure you, that I never did, nor do I believe I ever shall, make a scouting party my whole army.

God forgive you, but you have done God's work.

I like to be praised, but I like to be praised for what I really am, not for what I am not.

The continuation of authority in one individual has frequently been the origin of democratic despotism.

Life is like a long journey with a heavy burden. Don't hurry.

But if they will not be brought to embrace the true religion, and that for the salvation of their souls, what will become of them?