You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.

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

If I have advocated the cause of the Negro, it is not because I am a Negro, but because I am a man.

Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is relieved by them, only as an aching heart is relieved by its tears.

The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.

Right is of no Sex-Truth is of no Color-God is the Father of us all, and we are all Brethren.

Abolish slavery tomorrow, and not a sentence or syllable of the Constitution need be altered. It was purposely so framed as to give no claim, no sanction to the claim, of property in man. If in its origin slavery had any relation to the government, it was only as the scaffolding to the magnificent structure, to be removed as soon as the building was completed.