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When you get to my age life seems little more than one long march to and from the lavatory.
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Tell me not here, it needs not saying, What tune the enchantress plays In aftermaths of soft September Or under blanching mays, For she and I were long acquainted And I knew all her ways.
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Autumn can be glorious but menacing too - the long shadows, brisk winds, scurrying leaves, impending frost.
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I take a grave view of the press. It is the weak slat under the bed of democracy
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Winning Democracy for the Negro is winning the war for Democracy
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My critique of democracy begins and ends with this point. Kids must be educated to disrespect authority or else democracy is a farce.
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Democracy is "government of, by and for the people".
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I wish all men to be free. I wish the material prosperity of the already free which I feel sure the extinction of slavery would bring.
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As I often say, we have come a long way from the days of slavery, but in 2014, discrimination and inequality still saturate our society in modern ways. Though racism may be less blatant now in many cases, its existence is undeniable.
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Not easily may an individual escape the deep slavery of the herd.
