Tell a man whose house is on fire to give a moderate alarm; tell him to moderately rescue his wife from the hands of the ravisher; tell the mother to gradually extricate her babe from the fire into which it has fallen; but urge me not to use moderation in a case like the present. |
Tell a man whose house is on fire to give a moderate alarm; tell him to moderately rescue his wife from the hands of the ravisher; tell the mother to gradually extricate her babe from the fire into which it has fallen; but urge me not to use moderation. |
That which is not just is not law. |
The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal and hasten the resurrection of the dead. |
The compact which exists between the North and the South is a covenant with death and an agreement with hell. |
The success of any great moral enterprise does not depend upon numbers. |
We may be personally defeated, but our principles never. |
Wherever there is a human being, I see God-given rights inherent in that being, whatever may be the sex or complexion |
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. |
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. |
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. |