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

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

It is unfortunate that we should find ourselves at this time the only disorganized group. Others have had the advantage of organization for centuries, so what seems to them unnecessary, from a racial point of view, becomes necessary to us, who have had to labor all along under the disadvantage of being scattered without a racial aim or purpose.

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

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

We must give up the silly idea of folding our hands and waiting on God to do everything for us. If God had intended for that, then he would not have given us a mind. Whatever you want in life, you must make up your mind to do it for yourself.

Our success educationally, industrially and politically is based upon the protection of a nation founded by ourselves. And the nation can be nowhere else but in Africa.