"The destiny of Africa is in the hands of Africans."

"Man is a creature of God, and should be treated with dignity and respect."

"We must become members of a new race, overcoming petty prejudice, owing our ultimate allegiance not to nations but to our fellow men within the human community."

"The true leader is one who serves his people, not one who rules them."

"That until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned - that until there are no longer first class and second class citizens…"