Intelligence rules the world, ignorance carries the burden.

Look for me in the whirlwind or the storm.

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

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.

Liberate the minds of men and ultimately you will liberate the bodies of men.

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

The ends you serve that are selfish will take you no further than yourself but the ends you serve that are for all, in common, will take you into eternity.