I Would Much Rather Be Found Guilty

The Conflict Between The Principle Of Liberty And The Fact Of Slavery Is Coming Gradually To An Issue. Slavery Has Now The Power, And Falls Into Convulsions At The Approach Of Freedom. That The Fall Of Slavery Is Predetermined In The Counsels Of Omnipotence I Cannot Doubt; It Is A Part Of The Great Moral Improvement In The Condition Of Man, Attested By All The Records Of History. But The Conflict Will Be Terrible, And The Progress Of Improvement Perhaps Retrograde Before Its Final Progress To Consummation.

And May That Being Who Is Supreme Over All, The Patron Of Order, The Fountain Of Justice, And The Protector, In All Ages Of The World, Of Virtuous Liberty, Continue His Blessing Upon This Nation And Its Government, And Give It All Possible Success And Duration, Consistent With The Ends Of His Providence.

I Say Women Exhibit The Most Exalted Virtue When They Depart From The Domestic Circle And Enter On The Concerns Of Their Country, Of Humanity, And Of Their G-d!

America Is A Friend Of Freedom Everywhere, But A Custodian Only Of Our Own.

If There Have Been Those Who Doubted Whether A Confederated Representative Democracy Were A Government Competent To The Wise And Orderly Management Of The Common Concerns Of A Mighty Nation, Those Doubts Have Been Dispelled.