Category: Thought

“I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons will live together in harmony with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for, and to see realised. But my Lord, if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.”

“Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.”

“Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.”

“Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.”

“It is well that war is so terrible, or we should get too fond of it.”

“I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe.”

“I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within.”

“An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.”

“There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.”