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As members of the minority party, we do not have the primary authority to formulate the policy of our government. But we do have the responsibility of rendering constructive criticism, of clarifying issues, of allaying fears by acting as responsible citizens.

And so, lifting as we climb, onward and upward we go, struggling and striving, and hoping that the buds and blossoms of our desires will burst into glorious fruition ere long.

Shirking responsibility has never been a fault with which colored women might be truthfully charged.

No one may become a real leader in any walk of life without practicing the habit of doing more work and better work than that for which he is paid.

Nevertheless, he who has relied least on fortune is established the strongest.

Great men never wait for opportunities; they make them.

who did not delay for any formal vote to empower him to do so, but followed him because he was born to command

He who is wise tries to harmonise the wishes that seek for self-gratification with the wish for the social good, and only thus can he realise his higher self.

The greatest honor history can bestow is the title of peacemaker.

Let us measure what we will do for others by what they will do for themselves.

he should strive to be always mindful of the fact that he serves his party best who serves the country best

Universal History, the history of what man has accomplished in this world, is at bottom the History of the Great Men who have worked here.

The world is advanced only by those who more than fill their present places.

Never with my consent shall an officer of the people, compensated for his services out of their pockets, become the pliant instrument of Executive will.

If we would promise we must put ourselves in a position to perform our promise.

Our duty is to cleanse, to reconsider, to restore, to correct the evil without impairing the good, to purify and humanize every process of our common life without weakening or sentimentalizing it.

The first duty of law is to keep sound the society it serves.

When the interests of mankind are at stake, they will obey with joy the man whom they believe to be wiser than themselves.

By holding the representative responsible only to the people, and exempting him from all other influences, we elevate the character of the constituent and quicken his sense of responsibility to his country.

If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.