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

"Oh! had I the ability, and could I reach the nation's ear, I would today pour out a fiery stream of biting ridicule, blasting reproach, withering sarcasm, and stern rebuke. For it is not light that is…"

"We have men-stealers for ministers, women-whippers for missionaries, and cradle-plunderers for church members."

"I didn’t know I was a slave until I found out I couldn’t do the things I wanted."

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