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

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

Our country is the world-our countrymen are all mankind.

And now let me give the sentiment which has been, and ever will be, the governing passion of my soul: 'Liberty for each, for all, and forever!'

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

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.

We may be personally defeated, but our principles never!