A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.

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.

No race has the last word on culture and on civilization. You do not know what the black man is capable of; you do not know what he is thinking and therefore you do not know what the oppressed and suppressed Negro, by virtue of his condition and circumstance, may give to the world as a surprise.

The pen is mightier than the sword, but the tongue is mightier than them both put together.

Intelligence rules the world, ignorance carries the burden.

The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness.

Let the sky and God be our limit and Eternity our measurement.