Let us render the tyrant no aid.

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.

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

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

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.

It is better to be part of a great whole than to be the whole of a small part.

Oppression makes a wise man mad.

In life, you don't get everything you pay for, but you must pay for everything you get.

Without a struggle, there can be no progress.