Men who are in earnest are not afraid of consequences.

I have no desire to take all black people back to Africa; there are blacks who are no good here and will likewise be no good there.

Always try to associate with people from whom you can learn something. All the knowledge that you want is in the world, and all you have to do is go and seek it.

I regard the Klan, the Anglo-Saxon clubs and White American societies, as far as the Negro is concerned, as better friends of the race than all other groups of hypocritical whites put together.

A reading man and woman is a ready man and woman, but a writing man and woman is exact.

In a world of wolves one should go armed, and one of the most powerful defensive weapons within the reach of Negroes is the practice of race first in all parts of the world.

You must not mistake lip-service and noise for bravery and service.