Quote#Wisdom
Nothing so charms the American people as personal bravery
Quote byJohn Brown · 1800–1859
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Introductory address to The League of Gileadites, quoted in John Brown, the Making of a Revolutionary by Louis Ruchames, pp 84-5. New York, Grosset's Univeral Library..
English (original)
Nothing so charms the American people as personal bravery.
— John Brown
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