No one can degrade us except ourselves.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONEven where he has the least education and the least encouragement, is incomparably better than the condition and opportunities of the agricultural population in Sicily.
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In proportion as one renders service he becomes great.
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Educated men and women, especially those who are in college, very often get the idea that religion is fit only for the common people. No young man or woman can make a greater error than this.
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We do not want the men of another color for our brothers-in-law, but we do want them for our brothers.
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I think I have learned that the best way to lift one’s self up is to help someone else.
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I shall never permit myself to stoop so low as to hate any man.
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We must reinforce argument with results.
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There is no defense or security for any of us except in the highest intelligence and development of all.
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We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness.
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Even where he has the least education and the least encouragement, is incomparably better than the condition and opportunities of the agricultural population in Sicily.
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Let our opportunities overshadow our grievances.
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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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Remember that everyone’s life is measured by the power that individual has to make the world better-this is all life is.
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I let no man drag me down so low as to make me hate him.
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I believe that one always does himself and his audience an injustice when he speaks merely for the sake of speaking.
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Men may make laws to hinder and fetter the ballot, but men cannot make laws that will bind or retard the growth of manhood.
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