Samuel Hopkins

“True benevolence is an affair of the heart, and consists in goodwill to being in general.”

“To hold a man in a state of slavery, is to be every day guilty of robbing him of his liberty, or of man-stealing.”

“This iniquity is found in the political father of this country, and in the church of God: It is a provincial and a national sin.”

“He who is not willing to be damned for the glory of God, cannot be saved.”

“And if we have any love to our country, and desire for its welfare, we shall renounce this evil, and put it away from us.”

“How is it possible that men, who are shocked at the mention of an absolute monarchy... how is it possible for such to enslave their fellow men?”

“The inhabitants of the slave-holding colonies and states, have not only been educated in and habituated to this evil; but it is become a source of their wealth.”

“The true saint loves God for what he is, and not merely for what he has received from him, or expects to receive from him.”