"The last hope of human liberty in this world rests on us."

"This unfortunate difference of color, and perhaps of faculty, is a powerful obstacle to the emancipation of these people."

"To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical."

"I think that we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labor of the industrious."

"I have often thought that if heaven had given me choice of my position and calling, it should have been on a rich spot of earth, well watered, and near a good market for the produce of the superflux."