The claims of no people, according to established policy and usage, are respected by any nation, until they are presented in a national capacity.
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Let us have an education, that shall practically develop our thinking faculties and manhood and then, and only then, shall we be able to vie with our oppressors, go where we may . . .Martin Delany
We must make an issue, create an event, and establish a national position for ourselves and never may expect to be respected as men and women, until we have undertaken some fearless, bold, and adventurous deeds of daring . . .
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If we treated everyone we meet with the same affection we bestow upon our favorite cat, they, too, would purr.
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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.
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Every people should be the originators of their own destiny, the projectors of their own schemes, and creators of the events that lead to their destiny -- the consummation of their own desires.
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