The Columbian Orator

To scatter the clouds of ignorance and error from the atmosphere of reason; to remove the film of prejudice from the mental eye; and thus to irradiate the benighted mind with the cheering beams of truth, is at once the business and the glory of eloquence.

— The Columbian Orator

Slave: What have you done, what can you do for me, that will compensate for the liberty which you have taken away?

— The Columbian Orator