Slavery is founded in the selfishness of man's nature - opposition to it is [in] his love of justice.

If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong. I can not remember when I did not so think ... to this day, I have done no official act in mere deference to my abstract judgment and feeling on slavery.

I think that if anything can be proved by natural theology, it is that slavery is morally wrong.

If the negro is a man, why then my ancient faith teaches me that ``all men are created equal;'' and that there can be no moral right in connection with one man's making a slave of another.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

I confess myself as belonging to that class in the country who contemplate slavery as a moral, social and political evil