8 Quotes by Maria W. Stewart

It is not the color of the skin that makes the man or the woman, but the principle formed in the soul. Brilliant wit will shine, come from whence it will; and genius and talent will not hide the brightness of its lustre.

Be content to stand in the light, and let the shadow fall where it will.

All the nations of the earth are crying out for liberty and equality. Away, away with tyranny and oppression!

Talk without effort is nothing.

It is harder to kill a whisper than even a shouted calumny.

Am I not a woman and a sister?

Come all ye that pass by, and see if there is any sorrow like unto my sorrow.

African rights and liberty is a subject that ought to fire the breast of every free man of color in these United States, and excite in his bosom a lively, deep, decided and heart-felt interest.