There is no safety where there is no strength; no strength without Union; no Union without justice; no justice where faith and truth are wanting. The right to be free is a truth planted in the hearts of men.

I will be as harsh as truth and as uncompromising as justice.

There must be no compromise with slavery - none whatever. Nothing is gained, everything is lost, by subordinating principle to expedience.

Let Southern oppressors tremble-let their secret abettors tremble-let their Northern apologists tremble-let all the enemies of the persecuted blacks tremble.

I have a need to be all on fire, for I have mountains of ice about me to melt.

No man shall rule over me with my consent. I will rule over no man.

Since the creation of the world there has been no tyrant like Intemperance, and no slaves so cruelly treated as his.