Men must not only know, they must act.

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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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It is the wind and the rain, O God, the cold and the storm that make this earth of yours to blossom and bear its fruit. So in our lives it is storm and stress and hurt and suffering that make real men and women bring the world's work to its highest perfection.

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Would America have been America without her Negro people?

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Ignorance is a cure for nothing.

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There is no force equal to a woman determined to rise

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Education must not simply teach work-it must teach life.

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There can be no perfect democracy curtailed by color, race, or poverty. But with all we accomplish all, even peace.

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To stimulate wildly weak and untrained minds is to play with mighty fires.

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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.

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