Up, you mighty race, accomplish what you will.

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

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

The traitor of other races is generally confined to the mediocre or irresponsible individual, but, unfortunately, the traitors among the Negro race are generally to be found among the men with the highest place in education and society, the fellows who call themselves leaders.

I know no national boundary where the Negro is concerned. The whole world is my province until Africa is free.

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

Chance has never yet satisfied the hope of a suffering people.