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

We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.

The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.

No one can degrade us except ourselves.

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

The negro has within him immense power for self-uplifting, but for years it will be necessary to guide and stimulate him.

An ounce of application is worth a ton of abstraction.