Famous Quotes | He had long before indulged most...

He had long before indulged most unfavourable sentiments of our fellow-subjects in America. For, as early as 1769,... he had said of them, “Sir, they are a race of convicts, and ought to be thankful for any thing we allow them short of hanging.” - Samuel Johnson
Attribution: Samuel Johnson (1709–1784), British author, lexicographer. (Originally published 1791). Boswell’s Life of Johnson, 1775, p. 590, Oxford University Press (1980).

Categories: Author, Friends, Judgments, Lexicographer, Love

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