Thomas Starr King Quotes


Though I weigh only 120 pounds, when I'm mad, I weigh a ton.


Citations

Wendte, Charles William. Thomas Starr King, Patriot and Preacher. The Beacon Press, 1921, p. 111.

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Thomas Starr King
Thomas Starr King
  • Born: December 17, 1824
  • Died: March 4, 1864
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Minister, Orator

Thomas Starr King, often known as Starr King, was an American Universalist and Unitarian minister, influential in California politics during the American Civil War, and Freemason. Starr King spoke zealously in favor of the Union and was credited by Abraham Lincoln with preventing California from becoming a separate republic. He is sometimes referred to as "the orator who saved the nation".