Selfish men were...trying to make capital for themselves out of the sacred cause of civil rights

Grudge no expense - yield to no opposition - forget fatigue - till, by the strength of prayer and sacrifice, the spirit of love shall have overcome .

Don't drag the engine, like an ignoramus, but bring wood and water and flame, like an engineer.

We may draw good out of evil; we must not do evil, that good may come.

In a republican land the power behind the throne is the power.

Slavery can only be abolished by raising the character of the people who compose the nation; and that can be done only by showing them a higher one.

Let us rise in the moral power of womanhood; and give utterance to the voice of outraged mercy, and insulted justice, and eternal truth, and mighty love and holy freedom.