I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of freedom and progress.

It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.

You are not judged by the height you have risen, but from the depth you have climbed.

I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.

There is no negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their own constitution

Education means emancipation. It means light and liberty. It means the uplifting of the soul of man into the glorious light of truth, the light by which men can only be made free.

Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one's thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist. That, of all rights, is the dread of tyrants. It is the right which they first of all strike down.

Without a struggle, there can be no progress.

If there is no struggle, there is no progress.

Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.

The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.

I would prefer not to.

It's so beautifully arranged on the plate - you know someone's fingers have been all over it.

Struggles, challenges and obstacles are nothing but the doorways to future blessings.

Economics has become as riveting as politics.

The first principle of contract negotiations is don't remind them of what you did in the past - tell them what you're going to do in the future.

I'm not the kind of guy who has best friends.

I've been changed watching films or reading books or hearing music, and that helps you to live your life.

Sail on silver girl Sail on by Your time has come to shine All your dreams are on their way See how they shine Oh, if you need a friend I'm sailing right behind.

To be in a video is a ridiculous thing. It's almost impossible to do it without any humour

Be in love with your heart-life. There, only there, Is the flood of happiness.