Men, money and material cannot by themselves bring victory or freedom. We must have the motive-power that will inspire us to brave deeds and heroic exploits."

One may say the eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.

Some people think that religion is not essential to society. I do not hold this view. IS considered the foundation of religion to be essential to the life and practices of a society.

Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.

Our conscience is like an alarm bell.

It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world.

Africans require, want, to franchise on the basis of one man one vote. They want political independence.

All the political movements of our country that have hitherto played any important role in our modern history had been lacking in the ideal at the achievement of which they aimed. Revolutionary movement is no exception.

The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's throat, for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as his liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act as the destroyer of liberty. Plainly, the sheep and the wolf are not agreed upon a definition of liberty.

Anything that won't sell, I don't want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility, and utility is success.

I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly. 

If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.