Fugitive slaves were rare then, and as a fugitive slave lecturer, I had the advantage of being the first one out.

Without a struggle, there can be no progress.

If there's no struggle, there's no progress.

It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.

I could, as a free man, look across the bay toward the Eastern Shore where I was born a slave.

Some know the value of education by having it. I know it's value by not having it.

It's a poor rule that won't work both ways.