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.

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

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

Slavery will not be overthrown without excitement, a most tremendous excitement.

I will be as harsh as truth, and uncompromising as justice... I am in earnest, I will not equivocate, I will not excuse, I will not retreat a single inch, and I will be heard.

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.