"You are the children of Abraham Lincoln. We are at best only his stepchildren; children by adoption, children by forces of circumstances and necessity."

"I am not included within the pale of this glorious anniversary! Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us. The blessings in which you, this day, rejoice, are not enjoyed…"

"Neither I, nor any other man, can be free while others are enslaved."

"I have seen enough of slavery to know that it is a curse to the master as well as to the slave."

"Truth is of no color, country, or creed. It is universal."