I do not think much of the good luck theory of self-made men. It is worth but little attention and has no practical value.

Power and those in control concede nothing ... without a demand. Hey never have and never will... Each and every one of us must keep demanding, must keep fighting, must keep thundering, must keep plowing, must keep on keeping things struggling, must speak out and speak up until justice is served because where there is no justice there is no peace.

The man who will get up will be helped up; and the man who will not get up will be allowed to stay down.

A slave is someone who sits down, and waits for someone to free them.

Instead of the bright, blue sky of America, I am covered with the soft, grey fog of the Emerald Isle. I breathe, and lo! the chattel becomes a man.

Now, take the Constitution according to its plain reading, and I defy the presentation of a single pro-slavery clause in it. On the other hand it will be found to contain principles and purposes, entirely hostile to the existence of slavery.

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