Francis James Grimke Quotes

• Race prejudice can't be talked down, it must be lived down.

  Francis James Grimke

  Race, Prejudice, Racism And Prejudice

  Francis James Grimké (1942). “The Works of Francis J. Grimke,̀: Edited by Carter G. Woodson...”

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• A pretty good test of a man's religion is how it affects his pocketbook.

  Francis James Grimke

  Men, Tests, Pocketbooks

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• When the U.S. Government shows a proper appreciation of the services of the Negro who has never failed it in every crisis of its history to do his whole duty, to shed his blood freely in its behalf . . . then, and not till then, will I be heard.

  Francis James Grimke

  Appreciation, Government, Blood

  Francis James Grimké (1942). “The Works of Francis J. Grimke,̀: Edited by Carter G. Woodson...”

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• History is full of examples of people compromising their beliefs in order to keep themselves alive.

  Francis James Grimke

  Order, People, Example

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• It is only what is written upon the soul of man that will survive the wreck of time.

  Francis James Grimke

  Men, Soul, Wrecks

  Francis James Grimké (1942). “The Works of Francis J. Grimke,̀: Edited by Carter G. Woodson...”

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• . . . unless there comes to the Nation a greater emancipation than Lincoln's Proclamation effected, it is doomed, it is bound to go down.

  Francis James Grimke

  Emancipation, Doomed, Proclamation

  Francis James Grimké (1942). “The Works of Francis J. Grimke,̀: Edited by Carter G. Woodson...”

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