I would permit no man, no matter what his colour might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.

I have begun everything with the idea that I could succeed, and I never had much patience with the multitudes of people who are always ready to explain why one cannot succeed.

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

In the long run, the world is going to have the best, and any difference in race, religion, or previous history will not keep the world from what it wants.

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.

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

I let no man drag me down so low as to make me hate him.