Truth and mercy require the exertion - never the suppression, of man's noble rights and powers.
There is room in our ranks for the old and decrepit, as well as the young and vigorous.
To no human charter am I indebted for my rights.
My rights all spring front an infinitely nobler source - from favor and grace of God.
I welcomed the organization of the Anti-slavery Society.
God cannot approve of a system of servitude, in which the master is guilty of assuming absolute power - of assuming God's place and relation towards his fellow-men.