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One is astonished in the study of history at the recurrence of the idea that evil must be forgotten, distorted, skimmed over. We must not remember that Daniel Webster got drunk but only that he was a splendid constitutional lawyer. We must forget that George Washington was a slave owner . . . and simply remember the things we regard as creditable and inspiring. The difficulty, of course, with this philosophy is that history loses its value as an incentive and example; it paints perfect man and noble nations, but it does not tell the truth.
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The emancipation of man is the emancipation of labor and the emancipation of labor is the freeing of that basic majority of workers who are yellow, brown and black.
Strive for that greatness of spirit that measures life not by its disappointments but by its possibilities.
We cannot escape the clear fact that what is going to win in this world is reason, if this ever becomes a reasonable world.
Education must not simply teach work-it must teach life.
Unfortunately there was one thing that the white South feared more than Negro dishonesty, ignorance, and incompetency, and that was Negro honesty, knowledge, and efficiency.
To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships.
The main thing is the YOU beneath the clothes and skin--the ability to do, the will to conquer, the determination to understand and know this great, wonderful, curious world.
The cause of war is preparation for war.
There is no force equal to a woman determined to rise
There may often be excuse for doing things poorly in this world, but there is never any excuse for calling a poorly done thing, well done.
