The silver trump of freedom had roused my soul to eternal wakefulness. Freedom now appeared, to disappear no more forever. It was heard in every sound, and seen in every thing.

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

I recognize the Republican Party as the sheet anchor of the colored man's political hopes and the ark of his safety.

The man who is right is a majority. He who has God and conscience on his side, has a majority against the universe.

What is possible for me is possible for you.

Self-Made Men are the men who owe little or nothing to birth, relationship, friendly surroundings; to wealth inherited or to early approved means of education; who are what they are, without the aid of any favoring conditions by which other men usually rise in the world and achieve great results.

It was unlawful, as well as unsafe, to teach a slave to read.