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.

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

A man's country is the world.

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

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

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

You can not possibly have a broader basis for government than that which includes all the people, with all their rights in their hands, and with an equal power to maintain their rights.