The author takes the position that the consumer pays the tax, and as such every individual of the social order should be given unlimited opportunity to make the most of himself.

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I am ready to act, if I can find brave men to help me.

I am ready to act, if I can find brave men to help me.

One can cite cases of Negroes who opposed emancipation and denounced the abolitionists.

One can cite cases of Negroes who opposed emancipation and denounced the abolitionists.

This assumption of Negro leadership in the ghetto, then, must not be confined to matters...

This assumption of Negro leadership in the ghetto, then, must not be confined to matters...

We do not show the Negro how to overcome segregation, but we teach him how...

We do not show the Negro how to overcome segregation, but we teach him how...

I am not afraid of being sued by white businessmen. In fact, I should welcome...

I am not afraid of being sued by white businessmen. In fact, I should welcome...

Negro banks, as a rule, have failed because the people, taught that their own pioneers...

Negro banks, as a rule, have failed because the people, taught that their own pioneers...

We should emphasize not Negro History, but the Negro in history. What we need is...

We should emphasize not Negro History, but the Negro in history. What we need is...

The Negroes are facing the alternative of rising in the sphere of production to supply...

The Negroes are facing the alternative of rising in the sphere of production to supply...

The different ness of races, moreover, is no evidence of superiority or of inferiority. This...

The different ness of races, moreover, is no evidence of superiority or of inferiority. This...

The large majority of the Negroes who have put on the finishing touches of our...

The large majority of the Negroes who have put on the finishing touches of our...

I am a radical.

I am a radical.

In the long run, there is not much discrimination against superior talent.

In the long run, there is not much discrimination against superior talent.

Our most widely known scholars have been trained in universities outside of the South.

Our most widely known scholars have been trained in universities outside of the South.

Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which...

Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which...

If the white man wants to hold on to it, let him do so; but...

If the white man wants to hold on to it, let him do so; but...

The strongest bank in the United States will last only so long as the people...

The strongest bank in the United States will last only so long as the people...

Let us banish fear.

Let us banish fear.

In fact, the confidence of the people is worth more than money.

In fact, the confidence of the people is worth more than money.

Negroes who have been so long inconvenienced and denied opportunities for development are naturally afraid...

Negroes who have been so long inconvenienced and denied opportunities for development are naturally afraid...

This crusade is much more important than the anti- lynching movement, because there would be...

This crusade is much more important than the anti- lynching movement, because there would be...