This crusade is much more important than the anti- lynching movement, because there would be no lynching if it did not start in the schoolroom.

The so-called modern education, with all its defects, however, does others so much more good than it does the Negro, because it has been worked out in conformity to the needs of those who have enslaved and oppressed weaker peoples.

Negro banks, as a rule, have failed because the people, taught that their own pioneers in business cannot function in this sphere, withdrew their deposits.

In our so-called democracy we are accustomed to give the majority what they want rather than educate them to understand what is best for them.

I appreciate what I have a lot more than I did when I was younger.

What we do tomorrow is more important than what we did yesterday.