Tolerance is the assumption of superiority
Emancipation came to the colored race in America as a war measure. It was an act of military necessity. Manifestly it would have come without war, in the slower process of humanitarian reform and social enlightenment.
Be honorable yourself if you wish to associate with honorable people.
What a man needs to get ahead is a powerful enemy.
Freedom of the press is the staff of life, for any vital democracy.
Today it is becoming increasingly apparent to thoughtful Americans that we cannot fight the forces and ideas of imperialism abroad and maintain any form of imperialism at home. The war has done this to our thinking.