Quote#Pride
The color of the prisoner’s skin, and the form of his features, are…
Quote byWilliam H. Seward · 1801–1872
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Argument as defense attorney during the trial of an African-American criminal defendant, Auburn, New York (July 1846), published in Works of William H. Seward, vol. I (New York: Redfield, 1853), p. 417..
English (original)
The color of the prisoner’s skin, and the form of his features, are not impressed upon the spiritual immortal mind which works beneath. In spite of human pride, he is still your brother, and mine, in form and color accepted and approved by his Father, and yours, and mine, and bears equally with us the proudest inheritance of our race — the image of our Maker. Hold him then to be a Man.
— William H. Seward
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