Charles Hamilton Houston Quotes & Sayings

The hate and scorn showered on us Negro officers by our fellow Americans convinced me that there was no sense in my dying for a world ruled by them. I made up my mind that if I got through this war I would study law and use my time fighting for men who could not strike back. — Charles Hamilton Houston

A lawyer's either a social engineer or ... a parasite on society ... A social engineer [is] a highly skilled, perceptive, sensitive lawyer who [understands] the Constitution of the United States and [knows] how to explore its uses in the solving of problems of local communities and in bettering conditions of the underprivileged citizens. — Charles Hamilton Houston

Black power is organizing the rage of Black people and putting new hard questions and demands to white America. — Charles Hamilton Houston

A lawyer is either a social engineer or he is a parasite on society. — Charles Hamilton Houston

The individual college youth cannot wait forever until the problem of his education is decided. — Charles Hamilton Houston

Christianity has always seemed to fight a losing battle against race. — Charles Hamilton Houston

Without education, there is no hope for our people and without hope, our future is lost — Charles Hamilton Houston

We beg you to save young America from the blight of race prejudice. Do not bind the children within the narrow circles of your own lives. — Charles Hamilton Houston

The race problem in the United States is the type of unpleasant problem which we would rather do without but which refuses to be buried. — Charles Hamilton Houston

Whether elected or appointed, public officials serve those who put and keep them in office. We cannot depend upon them to fight our battles. — Charles Hamilton Houston

The American color bar unless speedily removed will be the rock on which our international Good Neighbor policy and our pious claims to moral leadership will founder. — Charles Hamilton Houston

A Negro has handicaps enough without having to pay taxes to support the education of white students to learn how to suppress him. — Charles Hamilton Houston