I am trying to do two things: dare to be a radical and not a fool, which is a matter of no small difficulty.

..remember that under our institutions there was no middle ground for the negro race between slavery and equal citizenship.

But for we could not know right from wrong. All things most desirable for man's welfare... are to be found portrayed in it.

Liberty is no negation. It is a substantive, tangible reality.

A brave man is a man who dares to look the Devil in the face and tell him he is a Devil.

History is but the unrolled scroll of prophecy.

A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.