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.

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

There is no force like success, and that is why the individual makes all effort to surround himself throughout life with the evidence of it; as of the individual, so should it be of the nation.

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

There shall be no solution to this race problem until you, yourselves, strike the blow for liberty.

Africa for the Africans... at home and abroad!