“I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day.”

“I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go.”

“I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.”

“I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.”

“We shall need all the anti-slavery feeling in the country, and more; you can go home and try to bring the people to your views, and you may say anything you like about me, if that will help... When the hour comes for dealing with slavery, I trust I will be willing to do my duty though it cost my life.”

“Gentlemen, why do you not laugh? With the fearful strain that is upon me day and night, if I did not laugh, I should die. ”

“I will prepare and some day my chance will come.”