At the bottom of education, at the bottom of politics, even at the bottom of religion, there must be for our race economic independence."

"Character, not circumstances, makes the man."

"We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."

"Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work."

I shall never permit myself to stoop so low as to hate any man.