"I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day."

"If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business. I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and I mean to kee…"

"The Lord hath sent me unto thee."

"I am a slow walker, but I never walk back."

"I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races."