The simplest truths often meet the sternest resistance and are slowest in getting general acceptance.

Man's greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done.

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.

Slaves were expected to sing as well as to work. A silent slave was not liked, either by masters or overseers.

You are not judged by the height you have risen, but from the depth you have climbed.

Education means emancipation. It means light and liberty. It means the uplifting of the soul of man into the glorious light of truth, the light by which men can only be made free.

To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker.