As It Was Said One Hundred And Thirty Years Ago, So Still It Must Be Said

There is no people in the world more self-opinionated without cause, more bigoted without achievements, more boastful without a status, no people in the world so quick to misjudge their countrymen and to misstate historical facts of political economy and to impugn the motives of others.  History does not record a civilized people who have been so contented with so little and who can feed so long on a worthless, buried past.  

Thomas E. Miller, African-American Member of Congress 1889-1891.

Congressional Record, 51st Congress, 2nd session.