I Read "up From Slavery"

We Are Not Engaged In Domestic Politics, In Church Building Or In Social Uplift Work, But We Are Engaged In Nation Building.

Why Should Not Africa Give To The World Its Black Rockefeller, Rothschild And Henry Ford? Now Is The Opportunity. Now Is The Chance For Every Negro To Make Every Effort Toward A Commercial, Industrial Standard That Will Make Us Comparable With The Successful Business Men Of Other Races.

Let Us Not Try To Be The Best Or Worst Of Others, But Let Us Make The Effort To Be The Best Of Ourselves.

Present Day Statesmen Are Making The Biggest Blunder Of The Age If They Believe That There Can Be Any Peace Without Equity And Justice To All Mankind.

Hungry Men Have No Respect For Law, Authority Or Human Life.