Whatsoever things common to man, that man has done, man can do.

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

Lose not courage, lose not faith, go forward.

I like honesty and fair play.

Black men, you were once great; you shall be great again. Lose not courage or faith, go forward.

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

God and Nature first made us what we are, and then out of our own created genius we make ourselves what we want to be. Follow always that great law. Let the sky and God be our limit and Eternity our measurement.