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

"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."

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

"The commerce of slaves in the West Indies, I am informed, is an open market of human flesh, where the unhappy victims are daily exposed to the highest bidder, and where the most sacred ties of nature …"

"I cannot live without books."