Frederick Douglass: “It is no disparagement to truth, that it can only prevail where reason prevails.”

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

The laws which determine the destinies of individuals and nations are impartial and eternal.

He was called upon not merely to administer the government, but to decide, in the face of terrible odds, the fate of the Republic.

The day we celebrate is preëminently the colored man’s day.