"The white man's happiness can not be purchased by the black man's misery."

"To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker."

"The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous."

"A man's rights are not to be determined by the color of his skin, or in any other way than by the measure of his manhood."

"The religion of the south—as I have observed it and proved it—is a mere covering for the most horrid crimes; the justifier of the most appalling barbarity; a sanctifier of the most hateful frauds; and…"