When men sow the wind it is rational to expect that they will reap the whirlwind.

I was broken in body, soul, and spirit. My natural elasticity was crushed, my intellect languished, the disposition to read departed, the cheerful spark that lingered about my eye died; the dark night of slavery closed in upon me; and behold a man transformed into a brute!

Now, take the Constitution according to its plain reading, and I defy the presentation of a single pro-slavery clause in it. On the other hand it will be found to contain principles and purposes, entirely hostile to the existence of slavery.

The man who will get up will be helped up; and the man who will not get up will be allowed to stay down.

To make a contented slave it is necessary to make a thoughtless one. It is necessary to darken the moral and mental vision and, as far as possible, to annihilate the power of reason.

Man's greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done.

It is better to be part of a great whole than to be the whole of a small part.