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 time will come when the Negro in the South will be accorded all the political rights which his ability, character, and material possessions entitle him to.

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

I believe that any man's life will be filled with constant and unexpected encouragement, if he makes up his mind to do his level best each day, and as nearly as possible reaching the high-water mark of pure and useful living.

To those of my race who depend on bettering their condition in a foreign land or who underestimate the importance of cultivating friendly relations with the Southern white man, who is their next-door neighbor, I would say 'Cast down your bucket where you are.'

No race that has anything to contribute to the markets of the world is long in any degree ostracized.

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