Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Sarah Moore Grimke Quotes: The virtue of female slaves is wholly at the mercy of irresponsible tyrants, and women are bought and sold in our slave markets, to gratify the brutal lust of those who bear the name of Christians.
         

The virtue of female slaves is wholly at the mercy of irresponsible tyrants, and women are bought and sold in our slave markets, to gratify the brutal lust of those who bear the name of Christians.


Sarah Moore Grimke
Check all other quotes by Sarah Moore Grimke

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Sarah Moore Grimke Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Sat. 23 Nov. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/The-virtue-of-female-slaves-is-wholly-1044912>.





Check out


Other quotes of Sarah Moore Grimke


I know nothing of man's rights, or woman's rights; human rights are all that I recognize.

I know nothing of man's rights, or woman's rights; human rights are all that I recognize.



I am persuaded that the rights of woman, like the rights of slaves, need only be examined to be understood and asserted.

I am persuaded that the rights of woman, like the rights of slaves, need only be examined to be understood and asserted.



whatsoever it is morally right for a man to do, it is morally right for a woman to do.

whatsoever it is morally right for a man to do, it is morally right for a woman to do.



The reason why women effect so little and are so shallow is because their aims are low, marriage is the prize for which they strive; if foiled in that they rarely rise above disappointment.

The reason why women effect so little and are so shallow is because their aims are low, marriage is the prize for which they strive; if foiled in that they rarely rise above disappointment.



There has been a comparatively greater proportion of good queens, than of good kings.

There has been a comparatively greater proportion of good queens, than of good kings.



At sixty I look back on a life of deep disappointments, of withered hopes, of unlooked for suffering, of severe discipline.

At sixty I look back on a life of deep disappointments, of withered hopes, of unlooked for suffering, of severe discipline.



[On the Adam and Eve story:] They both fell from innocence, and consequently from happiness, but not from equality.

[On the Adam and Eve story:] They both fell from innocence, and consequently from happiness, but not from equality.



[Women] are early taught that to appear to yield is the only way to govern.

[Women] are early taught that to appear to yield is the only way to govern.



There is another way in which the general opinion, that women are inferior to men, is manifested....I allude to the disproportionate value set on the time and labor of men and women.

There is another way in which the general opinion, that women are inferior to men, is manifested....I allude to the disproportionate value set on the time and labor of men and women.





Other quotes you may like


It was dark, so I couldn't make out much of her face, but she had brilliant red hair, like honey and roses and the sun altogether.

It was dark, so I couldn't make out much of her face, but she had brilliant red hair, like honey and roses and the sun altogether.



Still, it’s really frustrating me that there doesn’t seem to be anything in my closet that’s appropriate to wear to an exorcism.

Still, it’s really frustrating me that there doesn’t seem to be anything in my closet that’s appropriate to wear to an exorcism.




Possibility is what drives us.

Possibility is what drives us.



If You Want to Send a Message, Try Western Union.

If You Want to Send a Message, Try Western Union.



I allow myself to be guided by the work which is in the process of being born. I have confidence in it. I do not think about it.

I allow myself to be guided by the work which is in the process of being born. I have confidence in it. I do not think about it.



I wonder if the conversations you've never had with someone count, if you've been over them a thousand times in your mind.

I wonder if the conversations you've never had with someone count, if you've been over them a thousand times in your mind.



We still have a long way to go before we can declare America safe, and that means doing a better job along our borders, as well.

We still have a long way to go before we can declare America safe, and that means doing a better job along our borders, as well.



Believing that you are the righteousness of God through Christ Jesus and simply receiving the gift of no condemnation gives you the power to go and sin no more.

Believing that you are the righteousness of God through Christ Jesus and simply receiving the gift of no condemnation gives you the power to go and sin no more.



In my address last year, I spoke on the issue of gaming. My preference then is my preference now: to keep gaming within its existing contours, but to explore a better deal for all Minnesotans.

In my address last year, I spoke on the issue of gaming. My preference then is my preference now: to keep gaming within its existing contours, but to explore a better deal for all Minnesotans.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "The virtue of female slaves is wholly at the mercy of irresponsible tyrants, and women are bought and sold in our slave markets, to gratify the brutal lust of those who bear the name of Christians.". Author of this quote is Sarah Moore Grimke. This quote is about christian, slave, women, names, irresponsible, brutal, lust, mercy, virtue,.