Martin Delany

A serpent is a serpent, and none the less a viper, because it is nestled in the bosom of an honest-hearted man.

If we treated everyone we meet with the same affection we bestow upon our favorite cat, they, too, would purr.

Our elevation must be the result of self efforts and work of our own hands. No other human power can accomplish it. If we but determine it shall be so it will be so.

Every people should be originators of their own destiny.