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No one can degrade us except ourselves.

Booker T. Washington

One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him.
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Himself Hold Man
Political activity alone cannot make a man free. Back of the ballot, he must have property, industry, skill, economy, intelligence, and character.
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Character Men Skill
You can’t hold a man down without staying down with him.
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Himself Hold Man Stay
You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you have to overcome to reach your goals.
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Accomplishment Goal Measurement Obstacle Reach
In the long run, the world is going to have the best, and any difference in race, religion, or previous history will not keep the world from what it wants.
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Best Different History Race Willing World
You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you have to overcome to reach your goals.
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Inspirational Motivational Success
Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs.
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Countries People Some Jobs Wants
Great men cultivate love and only little men cherish a spirit of hatred; assistance given to the weak makes the one who gives it strong; oppression of the unfortunate makes one weak.
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Cherish Cultivation Greatness Love Strong Weakness
In any country, regardless of what its laws say, wherever people act upon the idea that the disadvantage of one man is the good of another, there slavery exists.
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Country Disadvantage Law Men People
No one can degrade us except ourselves.
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Exception Ourselves Validation Value
There is no defense or security for any of us except in the highest intelligence and development of all.
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Development Exception High Intelligence Security
The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.
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Happiness Happy Inspirational
If you truly want to measure the success of a man, you do not measure it by a position he has achieved, but by the obstacles he has overcome.
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Achievement Himself Man Measurement Position Success True
My whole life has largely been one of surprises.
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Become Life Surprise Whole
I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.
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Inspirational Life Success
Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.
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Compassion Happiness Helping Others

No one can degrade us except ourselves.

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