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

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

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

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.

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

There is no safety where there is no strength; no strength without Union; no Union without justice; no justice where faith and truth are wanting. The right to be free is a truth planted in the hearts of men.

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