Harriet Tubman fought American slavery single handed and was a pioneer in that organized effort known as the Underground Railroad.

Honest and earnest criticism from those whose interests are most nearly touched,- criticism of writers by readers, of government by those governed, of leaders by those led, - this is the soul of democracy and the safeguard of modern society

Whether you like it or not the millions are here, and here they will remain. If you do not lift them up, they will pull you down... Education must not simply teach work - it must teach life.

Strive for that greatness of spirit that measures life not by its disappointments but by its possibilities.

[We need reforms] to make the Negro church a place where colored men and women of education and energy can work for the best things regardless of their belief or disbelief in unimportant dogmas and ancient and outworn creeds.

Now is the accepted time, not tomorrow, not some more convenient season. It is today that our best work can be done.

To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships.