“In our so-called democracy we are accustomed to give the majority what they want rather than educate them to understand what is best for them.”

“The large majority of the Negroes who have put on the finishing touches of our best colleges are all but worthless in the development of their people.”

“This assumption of Negro leadership in the ghetto, then, must not be confined to matters of religion, education, and social uplift it must deal with such fundamental forces in life as make these things possible.”

“The mere imparting of information is not education.”

“This assumption of Negro leadership in the ghetto, then, must not be confined to matters of religion, education, and social uplift it must deal with such fundamental forces in life as make these things possible.”