"If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience."

"I am a great believer in the power of the press."

"The man who is too busy to read is too busy to lead."

"The white men were roused by a mere instinct of self-preservation... until at last there had sprung into existence a great Ku Klux Klan."

"The only way to be truly free is to be truly independent."