Jane Grey Swisshelm

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    “Abolitionists were men of sharp angles. Organizing them was like binding crooked sticks in a bundle.”
    —Jane Grey Swisshelm (1815–1884)

    “It will open a door through which fools and fanatics will pour in, and make the cause ridiculous.”
    —Jane Grey Swisshelm (1815–1884)

    “You are evil. But even the power of evil cannot stand against the power of faith and goodness.”
    —Griffin Jay, and Randall Faye. Lew Landers. Lady Jane Ainsley (Frieda Inescort)

    “A woman with her two children was captured on the steps of the capitol building, whither she had fled for protection, and this, too, while the stars and stripes floated over it.”
    —Jane Grey Swisshelm (1815–1884)

    “It is an old adage, “All is fair in love as in war,” but I thought not of general laws, and only felt a private grievance.”
    —Jane Grey Swisshelm (1815–1884)