America is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself to be false to the future.

The sunlight that has brought life and healing to you has brought stripes and death to me. This Fourth of July is yours, not mine.

I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of freedom and progress.

Without a struggle, there can be no progress.

Right is of no sex, truth is of no color.

I recognize the Republican Party as the sheet anchor of the colored man's political hopes and the ark of his safety.

There is no negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their own constitution