Our flag for a century and a half has been the symbol of the principles of liberty of conscience, of religious freedom and of equality before the law; and these concepts are deeply ingrained in our national character.

So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.

I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity.

What are we having this liberty for? We are having this liberty in order to reform our social system, which is full of inequality, discrimination and other things, which conflict with our fundamental rights.

The Emancipation Proclamation was the offspring of the Declaration of Independence. It was a constructive use of the force of law to uproot a social order which sought to separate liberty from a segment of humanity.

The general limits of your freedom are merely these: that you do not trespass upon the equal rights of others.