I read "Up From Slavery" and then my dream - if I may so call it - of being a race leader dawned.

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.

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.

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

Progress is the attraction that moves humanity.

If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started.

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