I hear the mournful wail of millions!

It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.

He who would be free must strike the first blow.

I knew that however bad the Republican party was, the Democratic party was much worse. The elements of which the Republican party was composed gave better ground for the ultimate hope of the success of the colored mans cause than those of the Democratic party.

We are free to say that in respect to political rights, we hold women to be justly entitled to all we claim for men.

Intelligence is a great leveler here as elsewhere

The mind does not take its complexion from the skin.