Philosophers have long conceded, however, that every man has two educators: 'that which is given to him, and the other that which he gives himself. Of the two kinds the latter is by far the more desirable. Indeed all that is most worthy in man he must work out and conquer for himself. It is that which constitutes our real and best nourishment. What we are merely taught seldom nourishes the mind like that which we teach ourselves.

Even schools for Negroes, then, are places where they must be convinced of their inferiority.

The strongest bank in the United States will last only so long as the people will have sufficient confidence in it to keep their money there.

What we need is not a history of selected races or nations, but the history of the world void of national bias, race hate, and religious prejudice.

At this moment, then, the Negroes must begin to do the very thing which they have been taught that they cannot do.

Our most widely known scholars have been trained in universities outside of the South.

We do not show the Negro how to overcome segregation, but we teach him how to accept it as final and just.