Enslave the liberty of but one human being and the liberties of the world are put in peril.

Little boldness is needed to assail the opinions and practices of notoriously wicked men; but to rebuke great and good men for their conduct, and to impeach their discernment, is the highest effort of moral courage.

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

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

With reasonable men, I will reason; with humane men I will plead; but to tyrants I will give no quarter, nor waste arguments where they will certainly be lost.

In proportion as we perceive and embrace the truth do we become just, heroic, magnanimous, divine.

Are right and wrong convertible terms, dependant upon popular opinion?