I hear the mournful wail of millions!
A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.
As those who believe in the visibility of ghosts can easily see them, so it is always easy to see repulsive qualities in those we despise and hate.
Men are whipped oftenest who are whipped easiest.
We have to do with the past only as we can make it useful to the present and the future.
I expose slavery in this country, because to expose it is to kill it. Slavery is one of those monsters of darkness to whom the light of truth is death.