"I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever."

"This unfortunate difference of color, and perhaps of faculty, is a powerful obstacle to the emancipation of these people."

"I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend."

"We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal."

"I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past."