"The liberties of the American people were dependent upon the Ballot-box, the Jury-box, and the Cartridge-box; that without these no class of people could live and flourish in this country."

"I have no accurate knowledge of my age, never having seen any record containing it."

"I have had but one idea for the last three years, to present the Negro as a man, and to demand his rights as a man."

"The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous."

"Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will…"