“The standard of matrimony is erected by affection and purity, and does not depend upon the height, or bulk, or color, or wealth, or poverty of individuals. Water will seek its level; nature will ha...”

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

“Fortunate, most fortunate occurrence! fortunate for the millions of his manacled brethren, yet panting for deliverance from their awful thralldom! fortunate for the cause of negro emancipation, a...”

“I am aware that many object to the severity of my language; but is there not cause for severity? I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. On this subject, I do not wish to thi...”

“Be faithful, be vigilant, be untiring in your efforts to break every yoke, and let the oppressed go free. Come what may - cost what it may - inscribe on the banner which you unfurl to the breeze, a...”

“We may be personally defeated, but our principles never!”

“Resolution demands a sacrifice.”

“I will sit down now but the time will come when you will hear me.”

“I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all Summer.”