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

One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him.

Do not do that which others can do as well.

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

I never liked the atmosphere of Washington . I early saw that it was impossible to build up a race of which the leaders were spending most of their time, thought and energy in trying to get into office, or in trying to stay there after they were in.

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.

Of all forms of slavery there is none that is so harmful and degrading as that form of slavery which tempts one human being to hate another by reason of his race or color. One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him.