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

We may be personally defeated, but our principles never!

There must be no compromise with slavery - none whatever. Nothing is gained, everything is lost, by subordinating principle to expedience.

With reasonable men, I will reason; with humane men I will plead; but to tyrants I will give no quarter, nor waste arguments where they will certainly be lost.

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.

That which is not just is not law.

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