Terry White

“The presence of the outlaw state was disrupting the slave societies of the Caribbean, and Thache and Hornigold delighted in the reversal of fortune. If a man was willing to sign the articles, join a crew, and work hard as a crew member, it didn’t matter to them if he was black, brown, yellow, or white in their eyes. Regardless of the color of his skin, he drew an equal share of the spoils and had equal voting rights, pure and simple, as long as he remained a consistently competent seaman who pulled his fair load on deck.”
― Samuel Marquis, Blackbeard: The Birth of America

“We humans have cooperative, selfless and loving moral instincts, the voice or expression of which we call our conscience—which is the complete opposite of competitive, selfish and aggressive instincts. As Charles Darwin said, "The moral sense… affords the best and highest distinction between man and the lower animals.”
― Jeremy Griffith, FREEDOM: The End of the Human Condition

“2017”
― Samuel Marquis, Blackbeard: The Birth of America

“That unknown spells defeat or victory, success or failure. It is the reaction of the actors to the ordeal when it actually comes. Some people call that getting the breaks; I call it God. God has His part, or margin, in everything. That’s where prayer comes in.”
― Samuel Marquis, Soldiers of Freedom