Nothing has been purchased more dearly than the little bit of reason and sense of freedom which now constitutes our pride.

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

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.

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

What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.

Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.