"Nobody can intimidate me."

"We firmly believe in the natural equality of man; we believe the people are independent. Sovereign, if you please. As…"

"I believe that the love of freedom and the hatred of oppression under-girds and vitalizes the whole republican moveme…"

"If the Bible sanctions slavery at all, it is the enslavement of white men. No one pretends that the servants spoken o…"

"Now, what about this negro equality of which we hear so much, in and out of Congress? It is claimed by the Democrats …"

"Now, if there is anyone dissatisfied with the fact, that there is a whole race of human beings, with the rights of hu…"

"No human being, black or white, bond or free, native or foreign, infidel or Christian, ever came to my door, and aske…"

"I will never degrade my manhood, and stifle the sympathies of human nature. It is an insult to claim it. I wish I had…"

"Is it desired to call attention to this fact? Proclaim it upon the house-tops! Write it upon every leaf that trembles…"

"The principle of enslaving human beings because they are inferior, is this. If a man is a cripple, trip him up. If he…"