I recognize the Republican party as the sheet anchor of the colored man's political hopes and the a

I recognize the Republican party as the sheet anchor of the colored man's political hopes and the ark of his safety.

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A little learning indeed may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people.

America is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself to be false to the future.

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.

Man's greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done.

You can fool some people sometimes, but you can’t fool all the people all the time.

Everything is political. I will never be a politician or even think political. Me just deal with life and nature. That is the greatest thing to me.

Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under it.

The miserable have no other medicine, but only hope.