It is, then, the strife of all honorable men and women of the twentieth century to see that in the future competition of the races the survival of the fittest shall mean the triumph of the good, the beautiful, and the true; that we may be able to preserve for future civilization all that is really fine and noble and strong, and not continue to put a premium on greed and imprudence and cruelty.

We black men seem the sole oasis of simple faith and reverence in a dusty desert of dollars and smartness.

There may often be excuse for doing things poorly in this world, but there is never any excuse for calling a poorly done thing, well done.

Liberty trains for liberty. Responsibility is the first step in responsibility.

So often do you see collegians enter life with high resolve and lofty purpose and then watch them shrink and shrink to sordid, selfish, shrewd plodders, full of distrust and sneers.

One ever feels his twoness - an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder.

Most men today cannot conceive of a freedom that does not involve somebody's slavery.