I Will Be As Harsh As Truth

I Am Aware That Many Object To The Severity Of My Language; But Is There Not Cause For Severity?

The Compact Which Exists Between The North And The South Is A Covenant With Death And An Agreement With Hell.

I Have A Need To Be All On Fire, For I Have Mountains Of Ice About Me To Melt.

Wherever There Is A Human Being, I See God-given Rights Inherent In That Being, Whatever May Be The Sex Or Complexion.

It Is For Us To Discharge The High Duties That Devolve On Us, And Carry Our Race Onward. To Be No Better, No Wiser, No Greater Than The Past Is To Be Little And Foolish And Bad; It Is To Misapply Noble Means, To Sacrifice Glorious Opportunities For The Performance Of Sublime Deeds, To Become Cumberers Of The Ground.