You can not possibly have a broader basis for government than that which includes all the people, with all their rights in their hands, and with an equal power to maintain their rights.

Enslave the liberty of but one human being and the liberties of the world are put in peril.

There must be no compromise with slavery - none whatever. Nothing is gained, everything is lost, by subordinating principle to expedience.

I will be as harsh as truth, and uncompromising as justice... I am in earnest, I will not equivocate, I will not excuse, I will not retreat a single inch, and I will be heard.

With reasonable men, I will reason; with humane men I will plead; but to tyrants I will give no quarter, nor waste arguments where they will certainly be lost.

Everyone should be treated fairly no matter what they look like.

No man shall rule over me with my consent. I will rule over no man.

I have a need to be all on fire, for I have mountains of ice about me to melt.

The compact which exists between the North and the South is a covenant with death and an agreement with hell.

We may be personally defeated, but our principles never!

Are right and wrong convertible terms, dependant upon popular opinion?

I’m not afraid of anything and I will not fight.

The divinity of thy soul is spark of divine-self.

A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments.

... vulgarity has no nation.

Little changes are the enemies of great changes.

Mystery is not always about travelling to new places, it is about looking with new eyes.

The freedom of the press works in such a way that there is not much freedom from it.

Advertising says to people, 'Here's what we've got. Here's what it will do for you. Here's how to get it.'

Exercise is an absolute must. Period. That doesn't mean I'm a gym junkie - it just means that I have to get a few days doing something physical a week, even just for my mental sanity.

When you're safe at home you wish you were having an adventure; when you're having an adventure you wish you were safe at home.