He Who Would Be Free

I Do Not Think Much Of The Good Luck Theory Of Self-made Men. It Is Worth But Little Attention And Has No Practical Value.

As Those Who Believe In The Visibility Of Ghosts Can Easily See Them, So It Is Always Easy To See Repulsive Qualities In Those We Despise And Hate.

Liberty Is Meaningless Where The Right To Utter One's Thoughts And Opinions Has Ceased To Exist. That, Of All Rights, Is The Dread Of Tyrants. It Is The Right Which They First Of All Strike Down.

We Have To Do With The Past Only As We Can Make It Useful To The Present And The Future.

Now, Take The Constitution According To Its Plain Reading, And I Defy The Presentation Of A Single Pro-slavery Clause In It. On The Other Hand It Will Be Found To Contain Principles And Purposes, Entirely Hostile To The Existence Of Slavery.