And thus goes segregation which is the most far-reaching development in the history of the Negro since the enslavement of the race.

The mere imparting of information is not education. Above all things, the effort must result in making a man think and do for himself.

If the Negro in the ghetto must eternally be fed by the hand that pushes him into the ghetto, he will never become strong enough to get out of the ghetto.

Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history.

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.

No man knows what he can do until he tries.

As another has well said, to handicap a student by teaching him that his black face is a curse and that his struggle to change his condition is hopeless is the worst sort of lynching.

The real servant of the people must live among them, think with them, feel for them, and die for them.

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.

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.

The mere imparting of information is not education.

Positive thoughts multiply, They bring their own images of joy Which erase dark shadows, Bring happiness.

Love it the way it is.

The consequences arising from the continual accumulation of public debts in other countries ought to admonish us to prevent their growth in our own.

How could anything so sublimely complicated not be the simple answer?

A word I want to see written on my grave: I am alive like you, and I am standing beside you. Close your eyes and look around, you will see me in front of you.

There are many religious points of view where the conservation of the world is just as important as it is to scientists.

I have a big job on my hands now, there is no mistaking that, but I feel as though I have calmness within myself. (on being Manchester City manager)

Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life.

I am a foe to tyrants, and my country's friend.