Quote#Children
It makes me ashamed as a man, as a citizen, as a Christian, to see…
Quote byJohn Ireland · 1838–1918
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Sermon at St. Augustine Catholic Church (1890).
English (original)
It makes me ashamed as a man, as a citizen, as a Christian, to see the prejudice that is acted against the colored citizens of America because of his colour. As to the substance, the colored man is equal to the white man; he has a like intellect, the same blood courses in their veins; they are both equally the children of a common Father, who is in heaven.
— John Ireland
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