Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.

Some know the value of education by having it. I know it's value by not having it.

The silver trump of freedom roused in my soul eternal wakefulness.

If the Negro knows enough to pay taxes to support the government, he knows enough to vote; taxation and representation should go together. If he knows enough to shoulder a musket and fight for the flag, fight for the government, he knows enough to vote.

Interpreted as it ought to be interpreted, the constitution is a Glorious Liberty Document!

The law on the side of freedom is of great advantage only when there is power to make that law respected.

... and in thinking of my life, I almost forgot my liberty.