“Since my return to America my Master, has at the desire of my friends in England given me my freedom.”

Remember, Christians, Negroes, black as Cain, /May be refin’d and join th’ angelic train.

Aurora hail, and all the thousand dies, Which deck thy progress through the vaulted skies: The morn awakes, and wide extends her rays, On ev’ry leaf the gentle zephyr plays; Harmonious lays the feather’d race resume, Dart the bright eye, and shake the painted plume.

Through thickest gloom look back, immortal shade, On that confusion which thy death has made.

Proceed, great chief, with virtue on thy sideThy every action let the goddess guide.

The world is a severe schoolmaster, for its frowns are less dangerous than its smiles and flatteries, and it is a difficult task to keep in the path of wisdom.

In every human Beast, God has implanted a Principle, which we call Love of Freedom; it is impatient of Oppression, and pants for Deliverance.

May be refined, and join the angelic train.

Thou didst, in strains of eloquence refin’d, Inflame the soul, and captivate the mind.

The destiny of the colored American is the destiny of America.

With all its faults, the American political system is the freest and most democratic in the world.

I think the American people should express their preferences, and we’ll accept their choice.

Well for one, the 13th amendment to the constitution of the US which abolished slavery – did not abolish slavery for those convicted of a crime.

One thing we can all do to honour the struggle for racial justice in the US is to interrogate, understand and dismantle the racist structures of our own countries.

It is a moral outrage that the richest family in America pays workers at Walmart starvation wages.

The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.

As Japan, I would like to firmly fulfill the responsibility of the host country.