"The ruling parties of the country have now flung off all disguises, and have openly and shamelessly declared war upon the only saving principles known to nations."

"I have no faith in any solution of the race problem which does not make the black man a full and equal citizen."

"The religion of the south—as I have observed it and proved it—is a mere covering for the most horrid crimes; the justifier of the most appalling barbarity; a sanctifier of the most hateful frauds; and…"

"I have always been more deeply interested in the welfare of the colored people than in any merely personal matter."

"I am not an African, I am an American."