A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.
The soul that is within me no man can degrade.
He who would be free must strike the first blow.
Truth is proper and beautiful in all times and in all places.
If I have advocated the cause of the Negro, it is not because I am a Negro, but because I am a man.
He who is whipped oftenest, is whipped easiest.