Do not do that which others can do as well.

We do not want the men of another color for our brothers-in-law, but we do want them for our brothers.

Men may make laws to hinder and fetter the ballot, but men cannot make laws that will bind or retard the growth of manhood.

The highest test of the civilization of any race is in its willingness to extend a helping hand to the less fortunate.

The individual who can do something that the world wants done will, in the end, make his way regardless of his race.

No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.

I learned the lesson that great men cultivate love, and that only little men cherish a spirit of hatred. I resolved then that I would permit no man, no matter what his color, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.