A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority. There is but little virtue in the action of masses of men. When the majority shall at length vote for the abolition of slavery, it will be because they are indifferent to slavery, or because there is but little slavery left to be abolished by their vote. They will then be the only slaves. Only his vote can hasten the abolition of slavery who asserts his own freedom by his vote.

When a sixth of the population of a nation which has undertaken to be the refuge of liberty are slaves, and a whole country is unjustly overrun and conquered b…

He who gives himself entirely to his fellow-men appears to them useless and selfish; but he who gives himself partially to them is pronounced a benefactor and …

How does it become a man to behave toward this American government today? I answered that he cannot without disgrace be associated with it.

To speak practically and as a citizen, unlike those who call themselves no-government men, I ask for, not at once no government, but at once a better governmen…

You cannot have humane Zionism, it is a contradiction in terms.

Slaves no doubt, but still men.