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!

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.

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

Think of another as you want God to think of you.

The difference between companies that make $100, 000 vs those that make $1bn dollars within the same industry is paying attention to detail.

Geometry is the foundation of all painting.

This wasn't a garden,' said Susan presently. 'It was a castle.

Try not to wake up on fire.

Prayer is the opening of the soul to God so that he can speak to us.

To think is easy. To act is difficult. To act as one thinks is the most difficult.

there was no greater natural advantage in life than having an enemy overestimate your faults, unless it was to have a friend underestimate your virtues.

Anyone familiar with the marvels of the Worldwide Web can hardly fail to see that we have entered a new era in communications on a scale perhaps comparable to the invention of the Gutenberg press.

You can't be a minority in this society without having someone express disapproval about affirmative action.