A man's bread and butter is only insured when he works for it.

No race has the last word on culture and on civilization. You do not know what the black man is capable of; you do not know what he is thinking and therefore you do not know what the oppressed and suppressed Negro, by virtue of his condition and circumstance, may give to the world as a surprise.

To see your enemy and know him is a part of the complete education of man.

Whatsoever things common to man, that man has done, man can do.

The man who is not able to develop and use his mind is bound to be the slave of the other man who uses his mind

You may call me a Klansman if you will, but, potentially, every white man is a Klansman, as far as the Negro in competition with whites socially, economically and politically is concerned, and there is no use lying.

A reading man and woman is a ready man and woman, but a writing man and woman is exact.

We are going to emancipate ourselves from mental slavery because whilst others might free the body, none but ourselves can free the mind. Mind is your only ruler, sovereign. The man who is not able to develop and use his mind is bound to be the slave of the other man who uses his mind.

There is nothing in the world common to man, that man cannot do.