Frederick Douglass: “In his company I was never in any way reminded of my humble origin, or of my unpopular color.”

It was perhaps better for the country and for mankind that the good man could not know the end from the beginning.

He was called upon not merely to administer the government, but to decide, in the face of terrible odds, the fate of the Republic.

If I have had kicks, I have also had kindness.

The friendless and hungry boy, in his extremest need, found himself in the strong protecting arms of his mother.