Hesitate Quotes

Unhappy it is, though, to reflect that a brother's sword has been sheathed in a brother's breast and that the once-happy plains of America are either to be drenched with blood or inhabited by slaves. Sad alternative! But can a virtuous man hesitate in his choice?

War is waged only with vigor, decision, and unshaken will; one must not grope or hesitate.

Do not look the other way; do not hesitate. Recognize that the world is hungry for action, not words. Act with courage and vision.

We must have though a man who recognizes the slavery issue as being the living issue of the day; who does not hesitate to declare slavery a wrong, nor to deal with it as such; who believes in the power and duty of Congress to prevent the spread of it.