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.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTONYears 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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No one can degrade us except ourselves.
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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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We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness.
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Holding a grudge does not hurt the person against whom the grudge is held, it hurts the one who holds it.
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My whole life has largely been one of surprises.
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Do not do that which others can do as well.
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I pity from the bottom of my heart any nation or body of people that is so unfortunate as to get entangled in the net of slavery.
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You can’t hold a man down without staying down with him.
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Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.
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I would permit no man, no matter what his colour might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.
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The thing to do when one feels sure that he has said or done the right thing and is condemned, is to stand still and keep quiet. If he is right, time will show it.
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Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the large things; to the every day things nearest to us rather than to the things that are remote and uncommon.
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The actual sight of a first-class house that a Negro has built is ten times more potent than pages of discussion about a house that he ought to build, or perhaps could build.
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The older I grow, the more I am convinced that there is no education which one can get from books and costly apparatus that is equal to that which can be gotten from contact with great men and women.
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I think I have learned, in some degree at least, to disregard the old maxim “”Do not get others to do what you can do yourself.”” My motto on the other hand is; “”Do not do that which others can do as well.
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