I will not become a Napoleon nor an Alexander, and labour for my own ambition; but I will labour for freedom and for the moral well-being of man.

And if you cannot remain indifferent, you must resolve to throw your weight into that balance in which the fate and condition of man is weighed.

I am a straightforward man.

I am a man of peace, God knows how I love peace; but I hope I shall never be such a coward as to mistake oppression for peace.