Out of the temptation of Hate, and burned by the fire of Despair, triumphant over Doubt, and steeled by Sacrifice against Humiliation, . . . He bent to all the gibes and prejudices, to all hatred and discrimination with that rare courtesy which is the armor of pure souls. . . . he simply worked, inspiring the young, rebuking the old, helping the weak, guiding the strong.

One thing alone I charge you. As you live, believe in life! Always human beings will live and progress to greater, broader and fuller life. The only possible death is to lose belief in this truth simply because the great end comes slowly, because time is long.

The worker must work for the glory of his handiwork, not simply for pay; the thinker must think for truth, not for fame.

I most sincerely doubt if any other race of women could have brought its fineness up through so devilish a fire.

For education among all kinds of men always has had, and always will have, an element of danger and revolution, of dissatisfaction and discontent.

In 1956, I shall not go to the polls. I have not registered. I believe that democracy has so far disappeared in the United States that no 'two evils' exist. There is but one evil party with two names, and it will be elected despite all I can do or say.

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