Frederick Douglass: “There can be no peace to the wicked while slavery continues in the land.”

The good to be sought and the evil to be shunned were flung in the balance and weighed against each other.

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

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.

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