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

"Should a slave, when assaulted, but raise his hand in self defense, the white assaulting party is fully justified by southern, or Maryland, public opinion, in shooting the slave down."

"We must make him [the slave owner] feel that there is death in the air about him, that there is death in the pot before him, that there is death all around him. We must do this in some way. It can be …"

"The soul of the nation is in the crucible, and the result, for good or for evil, is yet to be seen."

"I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of freedom and progress."