“It is from weakness that people reach for dictators and concentrated government power. Only the strong can be free. And only the productive can be strong.”
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Emancipation came to the colored race in America as a war measure. It was an act of military necessity. Manifestly it would have come without war, in the slower process of humanitarian reform and social enlightenment.
We must honestly face our relationship with Great Britain.
Freedom is an indivisible word. If we want to enjoy it, and fight for it, we must be prepared to extend it to everyone, whether they are rich or poor, whether they agree with us or not, no matter what their race or the color of their skin.
Education is the mother of leadership.
