John Mason Brown

America is a land where men govern, but women rule.

— John Mason Brown

Charm is a glow within a woman which casts a most becoming light on others.

— John Mason Brown

A good conversationalist is not one who remembers what was said, but says what someone wants to remember.

— John Mason Brown

No one is worthy of a good home here or in heaven that is not willing to be in peril for a good cause.

— John Mason Brown

Friendship should be a private pleasure, not a public boast. I loathe those braggarts who are forever trying to invest themselves with importance by calling important people by their first names in or out of print. Such first-naming for effect makes me cringe.

— John Mason Brown

I am as content to die for God's eternal truth on the scaffold as in any other way.

— John Mason Brown

The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.

— John Mason Brown

I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with Blood.

— John Mason Brown

I am ready any time. Do not keep me waiting.

— John Mason Brown