Tell a man whose house is on fire to give a moderate alarm; tell him to moderately rescue his wife from the hands of the ravisher; tell the mother to gradually extricate her babe from the fire into which it has fallen - but urge me not to use moderation in a cause like the present.

Liberty for each, for all, and forever!

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

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.

Everyone should be treated fairly no matter what they look like.

The compact which exists between the North and the South is a covenant with death and an agreement with hell.

Wherever there is a human being, I see God-given rights inherent in that being, whatever may be the sex or complexion.