“The blessings in which you, this day, rejoice, are not enjoyed in common.”
Frederick Douglass, What to the Slave is the Fourth of July, 1852
“As a Southerner I feel that it is my duty to stand up here to-night and bear testimony against slavery.”
Angelina Grimké, Speech at Pennsylvania Hall, 1838
“Here too is the design and end of government … freedom and security.”
Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776
“I will be as harsh as truth, as uncompromising as justice.”
William Lloyd Garrison, To the Public, 1831
“The Characteristic and Badge of a true Christian is Love, and good Works…”
Anthony Benezet, Epistle of Caution and Advice, 1754
“Evil must not be done, that good may come of it.”
Samuel Sewall, The Selling of Joseph, 1700
“…‘[T]is immortality to sacrifice ourselves for the salvation of our country.”
John Hancock, Boston Massacre Oration, 1774
Lincoln, Second Inaugural Address, 1865
Abraham Lincoln, Second Inaugural Address, 1865