"Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning."

"Though Mr. Lincoln shared the prejudices of his white fellow-countrymen against the Negro, it is hardly necessary to say that in his heart of hearts he loathed and hated slavery . . . Viewed from the …"

"For revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, America reigns without a rival."

"He who would be free must strike the first blow."

"No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck."