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

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

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.

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

A man's country is the world.

The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal and hasten the resurrection of the dead.