The severest charge that can be brought against the Christian education of the Negro in the South during the last thirty years is the reckless way in which sap-headed young fellows, without ability, and, in some cases, without character, have been urged and pushed into the ministry.

The power of the ballot we need in sheer defense, else what shall save us from a second slavery?

There is always a certain glamour about the idea of a nation rising up to crush an evil simply because it is wrong. Unfortunately, this can seldom be realized in real life; for the very existence of the evil usually argues a moral weakness in the very place where extraordinary moral strength is called for.

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

How shall Integrity face Oppression?

If you want to feel humor too exquisite and subtle for translation, sit invisibly among a gang of Negro workers.

I sit with Shakespeare and he winces not.