Truth is proper and beautiful in all times and in all places.

What to the Slave is the 4th of July.

Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.

I didn’t know I was a slave until I found out I couldn’t do the things I wanted.

Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.

The soul that is within me no man can degrade.

Some know the value of education by having it. I know its value by not having it.

If there is no struggle, there is no progress.

It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.

Praying for freedom never did me any good til I started praying with my feet.

A slave is someone who sits down and waits for someone to free them.

I didn't know I was a slave until I found out I couldn't do the things I wanted.

Intelligence is a great leveller here as elsewhere

Let us render the tyrant no aid.

It's a poor rule that won't work both ways.

He who would be free must strike the first blow.

I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.

Liberty for all; chains for none.

At a time like this, scorching irony, not a convincing argument, is needed.