"Thomas Lippincott was instrumental in shaping Illinois' political and religious history. He was a renowned journalist, an abolitionist in concert with Elijah P. Lovejoy, a Patriot, Businessman, Justice of the Peace, First Secretary of the State Senate of Illinois. Founding father of Illinois College and a Presbyterian Minister"

"He was not a meteor or a comet, but rather the north star, shining clear and fixed" - A. T. Norton.