There is no escape – man drags man down, or man lifts man up.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONThe individual who can do something that the world wants done will, in the end, make his way regardless of his race.
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If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.
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Great men cultivate love, only little men cherish a spirit of hatred.
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There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life.
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I let no man drag me down so low as to make me hate him.
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Progress, progress is the law of nature; under God it shall be our eternal guiding star.
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No white American ever thinks that any other race is wholly civilized until he wears the white man’s clothes, eats the white man’s food, speaks the white man’s language, and professes the white man’s religion.
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Let our opportunities overshadow our grievances.
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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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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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Years ago I resolved that because I had no ancestry myself I would leave a record of which my children would be proud, and which might encourage them to still higher effort
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You must understand the troubles of that man farthest down before you can help him.
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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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The highest test of the civilization of any race is in its willingness to extend a helping hand to the less fortunate.
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From some things that I have said one may get the idea that some of the slaves did not want freedom. This is not true. I have never seen one who did not want to be free, or one who would return to slavery.
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I have begun everything with the idea that I could succeed, and I never had much patience with the multitudes of people who are always ready to explain why one cannot succeed.
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