Interpreted as it ought to be interpreted, the constitution is a Glorious Liberty Document!

I will unite with anyone to do good, but with no one to do harm.

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.

Immense wealth, and its lavish expenditure, fill the great house with all that can please the eye, or tempt the taste. Here, appetite, not food, is the great desideratum.

We are Americans, speaking the same language, adopting the same customs, holding the same general opinions... and shall rise and fall with Americans.

We have to do with the past only as we can make it useful to the present and the future.

Without Struggle There Is No Success