Knowledge unfits a child to be a slave.

People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.

It's a poor rule that won't work both ways.

I have no accurate knowledge of my age, never having seen any authentic record containing it.

It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.

What I ask for the Negro is not benevolence, not pity, not sympathy, but simply justice.

If there's no struggle, there's no progress.