“Without a struggle, there can be no progress.”

The ballot is the only safety.

A slave is someone who sits down, and waits for someone to free them.

The struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, or it may be both. But it must be a struggle.

I will give Mr. Freeland the credit of being the best master I ever had, till I became my own master.

A man, at times, gets something for nothing, but it will, in his hands, amount to nothing.

I know of no rights of race superior to the rights of humanity.

The man who is right is a majority. He who has God and conscience on his side, has a majority against the universe.

No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck.

If there is no struggle, there is no progress.

Liberty for all; chains for none.

I didn’t know I was a slave until I found out I couldn’t do the things I wanted.

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.

Be not discouraged. There is a future for you. The resistance encountered now predicates hope.

The District of Columbia is the one spot where there is no government for the people, of the people and by the people.

Freedom now appeared, to disappear no more forever.

A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.

I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act.

We can get better results with ourselves and others by asking better questions.

Sometimes we choose to be cold, to act cold.

As a business person, I want the world to share the prosperity together.

Not everybody can be famous but everybody can be great, because greatness is determined by service.

Two percent of the people think; three percent think they think, and 95 percent would rather die than think.

Leaders are those who empower others.

It’s easy to hear the voices of others and often very difficult to hear your own.