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

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.

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

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

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

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!'

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.