Up, you mighty race, accomplish what you will.
I read "Up From Slavery" and then my dream - if I may so call it - of being a race leader dawned.
Whatsoever things common to man, that man has done, man can do.
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.
Chance has never yet satisfied the hope of a suffering people.
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.