"The man who has suffered the wrong is the man to demand the right."

"The Republican Party is only negatively anti-slavery. It is opposed to the political power of slavery, rather than to slavery itself."

"The fact is, the people of the South are not more in favor of slavery, than the people of the North are opposed to it."

"The very best thing for the black man is the very best thing for the white man."

"I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs."