Every Fourth of July, our Declaration of Independence is produced, with a sublime indignation, to set forth the tyranny of the mother country and to challenge the admiration of the world. But what a pitiful detail of grievances does this document present in comparison with the wrongs which our slaves endure!
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Surely, nothing can be more dangerous than the doctrine that the moral obligations of men change with the latitude and longitude of a place.
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I do not believe that God has created us under this dire necessity to toil, like beasts, to sustain life. I believe it is his will that we should hold absolute mastery over time, so as to devote it mainly to intellectual and moral improvement, domestic enjoyment, and social intercourse.
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The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal and hasten the resurrection of the dead.
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The compact which exists between the North and the South is a covenant with death and an agreement with hell.
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If all our agents would abridge their speeches one half, I am satisfied the effect produced would be much greater. The 'art of leaving off' at the right time, and in the right place, is one of the most difficult things to learn.
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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.
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Prayer is omnipotent: its breath can melt adamantine rocks - its touch can break the stoutest chains.
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Enslave the liberty of but one human being and the liberties of the world are put in peril.
