The ballot is the only safety.

Fortune may crowd a man's life with fortunate circumstances and happy opportunities, but they will, as we all know, avail him nothing unless he makes a wise and vigorous use of them.

Despite of it all, the Negro remains... cool, strong, imperturbable, and cheerful.

Going to live at Baltimore laid the foundation, and opened the gateway, to all my subsequent prosperity.

No, I make no pretension to patriotism. So long as my voice can be heard on this or the other side of the Atlantic, I will hold up America to the lightning scorn of moral indignation. In doing this, I shall feel myself discharging the duty of a true patriot; for he is a lover of his country who rebukes and does not excuse its sins.

Our destiny is largely in our hands.

A slave is someone who sits down, and waits for someone to free them.