Aspire to be, and all that we are not God will give us credit for trying.

When the Negro learns what manner of man he is spiritually, he will wake up all over. He will stop playing white even on the stage. He will rise in the majesty of his own soul.

Education and justice are democracy's only life insurance.

Aspire to be, and all that we are not God will give us credit for trying.

To struggle and battle and overcome and absolutely defeat every force designed against us is the only way to achieve.

Anything that is as old as racism is in the blood line of the nation. It's not any superficial thing-that attitude is in the blood and we have to educate about it.

What we need are mental and spiritual giants who are aflame with a purpose . . . We're a race ready for crusade, for we've recognized that we're a race on this continent that can work out its own salvation.