Every race and every nation should be judged by the best it has been able to produce, not by the worst.

And God stepped out on space, and He looked around and said: I'm lonely - I'll make me a world.

She was my first love, and I loved her as only a boy loves.

The battle was first waged over the right of the Negro to be classed as a human being with a soul; later, as to whether he had sufficient intellect to master even the rudiments of learning; and today it is being fought out over his social recognition.

When one has seen something of the world and human nature, one must conclude, after all, that between people in like stations of life there is very little difference the world over.

As I look back now I can see that I was a perfect little aristocrat.

Every race and every nation should be judged by the best it has been able to produce, not by the worst.