Archibald Henry Grimké: “God made one American statesman without moral joints when he made Charles Sumner.”

With unerring moral instinct he had from the start placed his reliance "on nothing but the eternal principles of justice for the speedy overthrow of slavery.

But ignorance is a breeder of crime just as poverty is.

For myself, I had rather rob any bank to an indefinite amount than kidnap a fellow-being, or hold him in bondage; the sin would be less injurious to society, and less sinful in the sight of God.

It is true many a cheek burns with shame in view of our national inconsistency, and many a heart bleeds for the miserable African.