It is idle to await unanimity.

Property in man, always morally unjust, has become nationally dangerous.

And I hereby distinctly and emphatically declare that I consider myself, and earnestly desire to be considered by others, as utterly divested, now and during the rest of my life, of any such rights, the barbarous relics of a feudal, despotic system.

Fulfill - you can far more than fulfill - the brightest anticipations of those who, in the name of human freedom, and in the face of threats that have ripened into terrible realities since, fought that battle which placed you where you now stand.

Men ever follow willingly a daring leader: most willingly of all, in great emergencies.

It is idle to await unanimity.

We can constitutionally extirpate slavery at this time.