Henry McNeal Turner quotes

Henry McNeal Turner quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“The Fourth of July-memorable in the history of our nation as the great day of independence to its countrymen-had no claim upon our sympathies. They made a flag and threw it to the heavens and bid it float forever; but every star in it was against us.”
-- Henry McNeal Turner

Source : Henry McNeal Turner (1971). “Respect Black: the writings and speeches of Henry McNeal Turner”

#Stars Quotes #Memorable Quotes #July Quotes
“The seeds of freedom . . . have now been scattered where despotism and tyranny ranked and ruled, will be watered by the enlivening dews of God's clemency, till the reapers abolitionists shall shout the harvest home.”
-- Henry McNeal Turner

#Home Quotes #Dew Quotes #Harvest Quotes
“I am a member of this body. Therefore, sir, I shall neither fawn nor cringe before any party, nor stoop to beg . . . I am here to demand my rights, and to hurl thunderbolts at the men who would dare to cross the threshold of my manhood.”
-- Henry McNeal Turner

#Party Quotes #Men Quotes #Rights Quotes
“Every race of people since time began who have attempted to describe God by words or painting, or by carvings, have conveyed their idea that the God who made them and shaped their destinies was symbolized in themselves. . .”
-- Henry McNeal Turner

#Destiny Quotes #Race Quotes #Ideas Quotes

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