Everyone has an influence on public affairs if he will take the trouble to exert it.

I am for economy. After that I am for more economy. At this time and under present conditions that is my conception of serving all the people.

The world is full of educated derelicts.

Theodore Roosevelt was always getting himself in hot water by talking before he had to commit himself upon issues not well-defined.

Work is not a curse; it is the prerogative of intelligence, the only means to manhood, and the measure of civilization.

Faith is the great motive power, and no man realizes his full possibilities unless he has the deep conviction that life is eternally important and that his work well done is a part of an unending plan.

A colored man is precisely as much entitled to submit his candidacy in a party primary, as is any other citizen. The decision must be made by the constituents to whom he offers himself, and by nobody else.