The longer I live and the more I study the question, the more I am convinced that it is not so much the problem of what you will do with Negro, as what the Negro will do with you and your 'civilization'.

The wisest among my race understand that agitations of social equality is the extremist folly, and that progress in the enjoyment of all privileges that will come to us must be the result of severe and constant struggle rather than of artificial forcing.

Mere connection with what is known as a superior race will not permanently carry an individual forward unless the individual has worth.

Let our opportunities overshadow our grievances.

There is no escape - man drags man down, or man lifts man up.

Progress, progress is the law of nature; under God it shall be our eternal guiding star.

The thing to do when one feels sure that he has said or done the right thing and is condemned, is to stand still and keep quiet. If he is right, time will show it.