Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors to bullets.

We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform what we cannot.

If both factions, or neither, shall abuse you, you will probably be about right. Beware of being assailed by one and praised by the other.

When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.

He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.

I will say, then, that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races: that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people.

I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.