If you hear the dogs, keep going. If you see the torches in the woods, keep going. If there's shouting after you, keep going. Don't ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going." |
No slavery can be abolished without a double emancipation, and the master will benefit by freedom more than a freed man." |
I only have a short time to live, only one death to die, and I will die fighting for this cause. There will be no peace in this land until slavery is done for." |
The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart." |
Leadership is building a bridge that connects the vision with the purpose, in order to empower those who are around us." |
It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake." |
I will be as harsh as truth, and uncompromising as justice... I am earnest, I will not equivocate, I will not excuse, I will not retreat a single inch, and I will be heard." |
We had talked long enough; we were now ready to move; if not now, we never should be; and if we did not intend to move now, we had as well fold our arms, sit down, and acknowledge ourselves fit only to be slaves." |