I entirely appreciate loyalty to one"s friends, but loyalty to the cause of justice and honor stands above it.

90% of the work in this country is done by people who don't feel good".

Materially we must strive to secure a broader economic opportunity for all men, so that each shall have a better chance to show the stuff of which he is made.

The man who loves other countries as much as his own stands on a level with the man who loves other women as much as he loves his own wife.

The wise and honorable and Christian thing to do is to treat each black man and each white man (or any person) on his merits as a man, giving him no more and no less than he is worthy to have.

The duties are even more important than the rights; and in the long run I think that the reward is ampler and greater for duty well done, than for the insistence upon individual rights.

There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism.