"Fugitive slaves were rare then, and as a fugitive slave lecturer, I had the advantage of being the first one out"

"There can be no tyrants where there are no slaves"

"The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them"

"The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other. Our children see this, and learn to imitate it"

"Count no day lost in which you waited your turn, took only your share and sought advantage over no one"

"Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances"

"Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves"

"The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that man may become robots"

"I'd like to run for office someday, but I'm afraid my ability to spell might give me an unfair advantage"

"A man is no less a slave because he is allowed to choose a new master once in a term of years"

"Every disadvantage has its advantage"