The whole hope of human progress is suspended on the ever-growing influence of the Bible.

But assuming the same premises, to wit, that all men are equal by the law of nature and of nations, the right of property in slaves falls to the ground; for one who is equal to another cannot be the owner or property of that other.

I have learned, by some experience, that virtue and patriotism, vice and selfishness, are found in all parties, and that they differ less in their motives than in the policies they pursue.

But I deny that the Constitution recognizes property in man.

But there is a higher law than the Constitution, which regulates our authority over the domain, and devotes it to the same noble purposes.

Idea is a noble one — an idea that fills and expands all generous souls; the idea of equality — the equality of all men before human tribunals and human laws, as they all are equal before the Divine tribunal and Divine laws.

Revolutions never go backward.