Frederick Douglass: “When we have enjoyed the blessings of liberty longer we shall put away such childish things and shall act more wisely.”

Food to the indolent is poison, not sustenance.

For the moment the northern lamb was transformed into a lion, and his roar was terrible.

But we are not here to applaud manly courage, save as it has been displayed in a noble cause.

Our very lack of preparation for the conflict disposed us to look for some other than the way of blood out of the difficulty.