"Believing that slaves could not be enlightened without developing in them a longing for liberty, not a few masters ma…"

"The educational system as it has developed both in Europe and America an antiquated process which does not hit the ma…"

"When you control a man's thinking you do not have to worry about his actions. You do not have to tell him not to stan…"

"History does not furnish a case of the elevation of a people by ignoring the thought and aspiration of the people thu…"

"The average Negro has not been sufficiently mis-educated to become hopeless. Our minds must become sufficiently devel…"

"The facts drawn from an experience of more than twenty years enable us to make certain deductions with respect to the…"

"The chief reason why so many give such a little attention to the background of the Negro is the belief that this stud…"

"Americans have always been especially prone to regard all things as resulting from the free choice of a free will. Pr…"

"Democracy is clearly most appropriate for countries which enjoy an economic surplus and least appropriate for countri…"

"Here, for the last time together, appeared a triumvirate of old men, relics of a golden age, who still towered like g…"