Character, not circumstances, makes the man.
Character is power.
Political activity alone cannot make a man free. Back of the ballot, he must have property, industry, skill, economy, intelligence, and character.
You may fill your heads with knowledge or skillfully train your hands, but unless it is based upon high, upright character, upon a true heart, it will amount to nothing. You will be no better than the most ignorant.
The time will come when the Negro in the South will be accorded all the political rights which his ability, character, and material possessions entitle him to.
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