The so-called godly man may be more likely to do serious wrong than a man who deeply questions himself. The 'godly man' often zealously follows religious precepts that, in the end, justify an unjust injury to others, while the questioning man, addressing his own conscience, may have the better chance to consider all the circumstances and come to the just decision.

When any system has for its goal the advancement of the system over the betterment of its individual members, such a system is embedded in slavery.

The art of arguing is the art of living. We argue because we must, because life emends it, because, in the end, life itself is but an argument.

Faced with the pain of freedom, man begs for his shackles.

Successful argument is a communication between the acknowledged authority of both parties to the argument.

The stain of prejudice is often indelible.

Once slavery in America was not seen as radical. It became, instead, a revolutionary idea that slaves should be freed. When we have lived under a pernicious power long enough, no matter how oppressive, we grow so accustomed to the yoke that its removal seems frightening, even wrong.