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Top 10 John Sergeant Wise Quotes (2025 Update)

John Sergeant Wise Quote: “And let me tell you, you boys of America, that there is no higher inspiration to any man to be a good man, a good citizen, and a good son, brother, or father, than the knowledge that you come from honest blood.”

1. “And let me tell you, you boys of America, that there is no higher inspiration to any man to be a good man, a good citizen, and a good son, brother, or father, than the knowledge that you come from honest blood.”

— John Sergeant Wise

John Sergeant Wise Quote: “I was a tried seaman when, for the first time, I set foot upon the soil of my country, and took up my residence where my people had lived for over two hundred years.”

2. “I was a tried seaman when, for the first time, I set foot upon the soil of my country, and took up my residence where my people had lived for over two hundred years.”

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John Sergeant Wise Quote: “This and many others only confirmed me in the opinion, planted when I saw the sale of Martha Ann, and growing steadily thereafter, that slavery was an accursed business, and that the sooner my people were relieved of it, the better.”

3. “This and many others only confirmed me in the opinion, planted when I saw the sale of Martha Ann, and growing steadily thereafter, that slavery was an accursed business, and that the sooner my people were relieved of it, the better.”

— John Sergeant Wise

John Sergeant Wise Quote: “In such a condition of affairs, the practical difference between the abolitionist and the sympathizer, to the man who lost his slave and could not recover it, was very nebulous.”

4. “In such a condition of affairs, the practical difference between the abolitionist and the sympathizer, to the man who lost his slave and could not recover it, was very nebulous.”

— John Sergeant Wise

John Sergeant Wise Quote: “John Brown was tried for treason, murder, and inciting slaves to insurrection.”

5. “John Brown was tried for treason, murder, and inciting slaves to insurrection.”

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John Sergeant Wise Quote: “My mother was a Northern woman, daughter of Hon. John Sergeant, a distinguished lawyer, and for many years representative in Congress from Philadelphia.”

6. “My mother was a Northern woman, daughter of Hon. John Sergeant, a distinguished lawyer, and for many years representative in Congress from Philadelphia.”

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John Sergeant Wise Quote: “The first American ancestor of our name was a younger son of these old Devonshire people, and came to the Virginia colony in the reign of Charles the First.”

7. “The first American ancestor of our name was a younger son of these old Devonshire people, and came to the Virginia colony in the reign of Charles the First.”

— John Sergeant Wise

John Sergeant Wise Quote: “THE autumn of 1850 brought an event freighted with deep significance to me. My mother died.”

8. “THE autumn of 1850 brought an event freighted with deep significance to me. My mother died.”

— John Sergeant Wise

John Sergeant Wise Quote: “As early as the autumn of 1862, I was made very happy by being sent to school.”

9. “As early as the autumn of 1862, I was made very happy by being sent to school.”

— John Sergeant Wise

John Sergeant Wise Quote: “In those days, slavery was not looked upon, even in Quaker Philadelphia, with the shudder and abhorrence one feels towards it now.”

10. “In those days, slavery was not looked upon, even in Quaker Philadelphia, with the shudder and abhorrence one feels towards it now.”

— John Sergeant Wise

John Sergeant Wise Quote: “Of private differences personal to himself, my brother had none.”

11. “Of private differences personal to himself, my brother had none.”

— John Sergeant Wise

John Sergeant Wise Quote: “In the year 1857, passing through Washington on our return from the annual visit to Philadelphia, I had the distinguished honor of visiting a President for the first time.”

12. “In the year 1857, passing through Washington on our return from the annual visit to Philadelphia, I had the distinguished honor of visiting a President for the first time.”

— John Sergeant Wise

John Sergeant Wise Quote: “In all her history, from the formation of the federal government until the hour of secession, no year stands out more prominently than the year 1858 as evidencing the national patriotism of Virginia.”

13. “In all her history, from the formation of the federal government until the hour of secession, no year stands out more prominently than the year 1858 as evidencing the national patriotism of Virginia.”

— John Sergeant Wise

John Sergeant Wise Quote: “Father had notions about manhood suffrage, public schools, the education and the elevation of the masses, and the gradual emancipation of the slaves, that did not suit the uncompromising views of people in places like Richmond.”

14. “Father had notions about manhood suffrage, public schools, the education and the elevation of the masses, and the gradual emancipation of the slaves, that did not suit the uncompromising views of people in places like Richmond.”

— John Sergeant Wise

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