The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal and hasten the resurrection of the dead.

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

Everyone should be treated fairly no matter what they look like.

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

It is for us to discharge the high duties that devolve on us, and carry our race onward. To be no better, no wiser, no greater than the past is to be little and foolish and bad; it is to misapply noble means, to sacrifice glorious opportunities for the performance of sublime deeds, to become cumberers of the ground.

No man shall rule over me with my consent. I will rule over no man.