Fugitive slaves were rare then, and as a fugitive slave lecturer, I had the advantage of being the first one out.

I recognize the republican party as the sheet anchor of the colored man's political hopes and the ark of his safety.

Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them.

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

A man's character always takes its hue, more or less, from the form and color of things about him.

It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. we need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.

A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it.

I am a republican, a black, dyed in the wool republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of freedom and progress.

Man's greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done.

Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.

A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people.

I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.