Progress, progress is the law of nature; under God it shall be our…

There is no power on earth, that can neutralize the influence of a high, pure, simple and useful life.

The world cares very little what you or I know, but it does care a great deal about what you or I do.

Character, not circumstances, makes the man. It is more important that we be prepared for voting than that we vote, more important that we be prepared to hold office than that we hold office, more important that we be prepared for the …

I think I have learned that the best way to lift one's self up is to help someone else.

Men may make laws to hinder and fetter the ballot, but men cannot make laws that will bind or retard the growth of manhood.

Of all forms of slavery there is none that is so harmful and degrading as that form of slavery which tempts one human being to hate another by reason of his race or color. One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining …