Frederick Douglass: “The President is not the autocrat, but the executive of the nation.”

My grandmother was all the world to me, and the thought of being separated from her was a most unwelcome suggestion to my affections and hopes.

I wished it was possible I could remain small all my life, knowing that the sooner I grew large the shorter would be my time to remain with them.

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

Covey succeeded in breaking me--in body, soul, and spirit.