I Didn't Know I Was A Slave

This Struggle May Be A Moral One, Or It May Be A Physical One, And It May Be Both Moral And Physical, But It Must Be A Struggle. Power Concedes Nothing Without A Demand. It Never Did And It Never Will. Find Out Just What Any People Will Quietly Submit To And You Have Found Out The Exact Measure Of Injustice And Wrong Which Will Be Imposed Upon Them, And These Will Continue Till They Are Resisted With Either Words Or Blows, Or With Both. The Limits Of Tyrants Are Prescribed By The Endurance Of Those Whom They Oppress.

I Knew That However Bad The Republican Party Was, The Democratic Party Was Much Worse. The Elements Of Which The Republican Party Was Composed Gave Better Ground For The Ultimate Hope Of The Success Of The Colored Mans Cause Than Those Of The Democratic Party.

In One Point Of View, We, The Abolitionists And Colored People, Should Meet [the Dred Scott] Decision, Unlooked For And Monstrous As It Appears, In A Cheerful Spirit. This Very Attempt To Blot Out Forever The Hopes Of An Enslaved People May Be One Necessary Link In The Chain Of Events Preparatory To The Downfall And Complete Overthrow Of The Whole Slave System.

In The Struggle For Justice, The Only Reward Is The Opportunity To Be In The Struggle. You Can't Expect That You're Going To Have It Tomorrow. You Just Have To Keep Working On It.

No Man Can Be Truly Free Whose Liberty Is Dependent Upon The Thought, Feeling And Action Of Others, And Who Has Himself No Means In His Own Hands For Guarding, Protecting, Defending And Maintaining That Liberty