"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…"

"I look around and see a nation of hypocrites."

"If the Negro cannot stand on his own legs, let him fall also. All I ask is, give him a chance to stand on his own legs! Let him alone!"

"I have no love for America, as such; I have no patriotism. I have no country. I have no brother, no sister, no father, no mother, no wife, no children, but what are in chains."

"Never was there a clearer case of “stealing the livery of the court of heaven to serve the devil in.” I am filled with unutterable loathing when I contemplate the religious pomp and show, together wit…"