Freedom Is A Road Seldom Traveled By

Fortune May Crowd A Man's Life With Fortunate Circumstances And Happy Opportunities, But They Will, As We All Know, Avail Him Nothing Unless He Makes A Wise And Vigorous Use Of Them.

The Man Who Is Right Is A Majority. He Who Has God And Conscience On His Side, Has A Majority Against The Universe.

From My Earliest Recollection, I Date The Entertainment Of A Deep Conviction That Slavery Would Not Always Be Able To Hold Me Within Its Foul Embrace; And In The Darkest Hours Of My Career In Slavery, This Living Word Of Faith And Spirit Of Hope Departed Not From Me, But Remained Like Ministering Angels To Cheer Me Through The Gloom. This Good Spirit Was From God, And To Him I Offer Thanksgiving And Praise.

Mr. Lincoln Was Not Only A Great President, But A Great Man - Too Great To Be Small In Anything. In His Company I Was Never In Any Way Reminded Of My Humble Origin, Or Of My Unpopular Color.

Where Justice Is Denied, Where Poverty Is Enforced, . . . Neither Persons Nor Property Will Be Safe.