A man's rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box.
Civil war was not a mere strife for territory and dominion, but a contest of civilization against barbarism.
Without a struggle, there can be no progress.
The silver trump of freedom roused in my soul eternal wakefulness.
... and in thinking of my life, I almost forgot my liberty.
Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one's thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist. That, of all rights, is the dread of tyrants. It is the right which they first of all strike down.