There are a great many colored people who are ashamed of the cake-walk, but I think they ought to be proud of it.

Amsterdam was a great surprise to me. I had always thought of Venice as the city of canals; it had never entered my mind that I should find similar conditions in a Dutch town.

You are young, gifted, and Black. We must begin to tell our young, There's a world waiting for you, Yours is the quest that's just begun.

Every race and every nation should be judged by the best it has been able to produce, not by the worst.

The colored people of this country know and understand the white people better than the white people know and understand them.

My appearance was always good and my ability to play on the piano, especially ragtime, which was then at the height of its vogue, made me a welcome guest.

Lift every voice and sing Till earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of Liberty. Let our rejoicing rise high as the listening skies; Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.

This country can have no more democracy than it accords and guarantees to the humblest and weakest citizen.

Young man, young man, your arm's too short to box with God.

We have come over a way that with tears has been watered, We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered.

It’s no disgrace to be black, but it’s often very inconvenient.

Hope is a belief in a better tomorrow.,

The more specific you are the more general it'll be.

An accurate knowledge of the past of a country is necessary for everyone who would understand its present, and who desires to judge of its future.

We are a heterogeneous party made up of Americans of diverse backgrounds.

I can put up a blog in 10 seconds.

Work is love made visible.

You never really know about a quarterback until he plays in a real game.

A country can truly call itself sporting when the majority of its people feel a personal need for sport.

Modern life is moving faster than the speed of thought, or thoughtfulness.

No one keeps the container, they always keep the product.