It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.

It is better to be part of a great whole than to be the whole of a small part.

I recognize the Republican Party as the sheet anchor of the colored man's political hopes and the ark of his safety.

Money is the measure of morality, and the success or failure of slavery as a money-making system, determines with many whether...it should be maintained or abolished.

Every tone was a testimony against slavery, and a prayer to God for deliverance from chains.

The sunlight that has brought life and healing to you has brought stripes and death to me. This Fourth of July is yours, not mine.

Men and women, old and young, married and single, were ranked with horses, sheep, and swine