Frederick Douglass: “But, fellow-citizens, I do not despair, and no power that I know of can make me despair of the ultimate triumph of…”

It only abolished slavery where it did not exist, and left it intact where it did exist.

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.

It had no interest in recognizing or preserving any of the ties that bind families together or to their homes.

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