1. “If a race has no history, if it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes. a negligible factor in the thought of the world, and it stands in danger of being exterminated”
2. “What we need is not a history of selected races or nations, but the history of the world void of national bias, race hate, and religious prejudice.”
3. “For me, education means to inspire people to live more abundantly, to learn to begin with life as they find it and make it better.”
4. “The race needs workers, not leaders.”
5. “When you control a man’s thinking you do not have to worry about his actions.”
6. “You must give your own story to the world.”
7. “In fact, the confidence of the people is wort more than money.”
8. “In he long run, there is not much discrimination against superior talent.”
9. “The real servant of the people must live among them, think with them, feel for them, and die for them.”
10. “The mere imparting of information is not education.”
11. “The oppressor has always indoctrinated the weak with his interpretation of the crimes of the strong.”
12. “No man knows what he can do until he tries.”
13. “Negroes who have been so long inconvenienced and denied opportunities for development are naturally afraid of anything that sounds like discrimination.”
14. “I am not afraid of being sued by white businessmen. In fact, I should welcome such a law suit.”
15. “Truth comes to us from the past, then, like gold washed down from the mountains.”
