A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people.
The destiny of the colored American ... is the destiny of America.
The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.
The ballot is the only safety.
No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck.
Be not discouraged. There is a future for you. . . . The resistance encountered now predicates hope. . .