“You have to take power. No one gives it.”

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

The struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, or it may be both. But it must be a struggle.

I will give Mr. Freeland the credit of being the best master I ever had, till I became my own master.

A man, at times, gets something for nothing, but it will, in his hands, amount to nothing.

I know of no rights of race superior to the rights of humanity.

The man who is right is a majority. He who has God and conscience on his side, has a majority against the universe.

No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck.

If there is no struggle, there is no progress.

Liberty for all; chains for none.

Without a struggle, there can be no progress.

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

I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.

Be not discouraged. There is a future for you. The resistance encountered now predicates hope.

The District of Columbia is the one spot where there is no government for the people, of the people and by the people.

Freedom now appeared, to disappear no more forever.

A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.

Don’t give me what I ask for, give me what I need.

The vision is really about empowering workers giving them all the information about what’s going on so they can do a lot more than they’ve done in the past.

When we lose one blessing, another is often most unexpectedly given in its place.

Always fight for quality, whether giving or receiving.

The happiness you feel is in direct proportion to the love you give.

Giving is living. If you stop wanting to give, there’s nothing more to live for.

Life is beautiful. It’s about giving. It’s about family.

There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves.