Harriet Beecher Stowe, (1814-1896) Abolitionist author Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [1-3] of 3 Harriet Beecher Stowe quotesHarriet Beecher Stowe QuotesHarriet Beecher Stowe I am speaking now of the highest duty we owe our friends, the noblest, the most sacred -- that of keeping their own nobleness, goodness, pure and incorrupt.~ Harriet Beecher Stowe Private opinion is weak, but public opinion is almost omnipotent.~ Harriet Beecher Stowe The literature of a people must so ring from the sense of its nationality; and nationality is impossible without self-respect, and self-respect is impossible without liberty.~ Harriet Beecher Stowe Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print