Gradualism In Theory Is Perpetuity In Practice.

There Is No Safety Where There Is No Strength; No Strength Without Union; No Union Without Justice; No Justice Where Faith And Truth Are Wanting. The Right To Be Free Is A Truth Planted In The Hearts Of Men.

I Am Aware That Many Object To The Severity Of My Language; But Is There Not Cause For Severity?

Tell A Man Whose House Is On Fire To Give A Moderate Alarm; Tell Him To Moderately Rescue His Wife From The Hands Of The Ravisher; Tell The Mother To Gradually Extricate Her Babe From The Fire Into Which It Has Fallen - But Urge Me Not To Use Moderation In A Cause Like The Present.

The Compact Which Exists Between The North And The South Is A Covenant With Death And An Agreement With Hell.

You Can Not Possibly Have A Broader Basis For Government Than That Which Includes All The People, With All Their Rights In Their Hands, And With An Equal Power To Maintain Their Rights.