Men and women, old and young, married and single, were ranked with horses, sheep, and swine
Knowledge unfits a child to be a slave.
In a composite nation like ours, as before the law, there should be no rich, no poor, no high, no low, no white, no black, but common country, common citizenship, equal rights and a common destiny.
Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.
A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.
A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people.