Gradualism in theory is perpetuity in practice.

My crime is that I will not go with the multitude to do evil. My singularity is that when I say that freedom is of God and slavery is of the devil, I mean just what I say. My fanaticism is that I insist on the American people abolishing slavery, or ceasing to prate on the rights of man.

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

To say that everything in the bible is to be believed , simply because it is found in that volume, is equally absurd and pernicious... To discard a portion of scripture is not necessarily to reject the truth, but may be the highest evidence that one can give of his love of truth.

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

In firing his gun, John Brown has merely told what time of day it is. It is high noon.

Gradualism in theory is perpetuity in practice.