Power Concedes Nothing Without Demand. It Never

I Have Often Wished Myself A Beast. I Preferred The Condition Of The Meanest Reptile To My Own. Any Thing, No Matter What, To Get Rid Of Thinking! It Was This Everlasting Thinking Of My Condition That Tormented Me. There Was No Getting Rid Of It. It Was Pressed Upon Me By Every Object Within Sight Or Hearing, Animate Or Inanimate.

What Is Possible For Me Is Possible For You.

The Simplest Truths Often Meet The Sternest Resistance And Are Slowest In Getting General Acceptance.

I Do Not Think Much Of The Good Luck Theory Of Self-made Men. It Is Worth But Little Attention And Has No Practical Value.

Once Let The Black Man Get Upon His Person The Brass Letter, U.s., Let Him Get An Eagle On His Button, And A Musket On His Shoulder And Bullets In His Pocket, There Is No Power On Earth That Can Deny That He Has Earned The Right To Citizenship.