Think about it: we went into slavery pagans; we came out Christians. We went into slavery pieces of property; we came out… — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
Political activity alone cannot make a man free. Back of the ballot, he must have property, industry, skill, economy, intelligence, and character. — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
Men may make laws to hinder and fetter the ballot, but men cannot make laws that will bind or retard the growth… — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
“There are some things that one individual can do for another, and there are some things that one race can do for another. But,… — Booker T. Washington Copy Share
Think about it: we went into slavery pagans; we came out Christians. We went into slavery pieces of property; we came out American citizens.… — Booker T. Washington Copy Share
The wisest among my race understand that agitations of social equality is the extremist folly, and that progress in the enjoyment of all privileges… — Booker T. Washington Copy Share
“I began learning long ago that those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.” — Booker T. Washington Copy Share
If you truly want to measure the success of a man, you do not measure it by a position he has achieved, but by… — Booker T. Washington Copy Share
The time will come when the Negro in the South will be accorded all the political rights which his ability, character, and material possessions… — Booker T. Washington Copy Share
“Kada smo u kontaktu sa drugim čovekom, mi mu ili pomažemo ili smetamo. Nema trećeg: ili ga vučemo na dole, ili ga izvlačimo na… — Booker T. Washington Copy Share
Mere connection with what is known as a superior race will not permanently carry an individual forward unless the individual has worth. — Booker T. Washington Copy Share
No race that has anything to contribute to the markets of the world is long in any degree ostracized. — Booker T. Washington Copy Share
The highest test of the civilization of any race is in its willingness to extend a helping hand to the less fortunate. — Booker T. Washington Copy Share
The Negro is not the man farthest down. The condition of the coloured farmer in the most backward parts of the Southern States of… — Booker T. Washington Copy Share
“it takes no more time to be polite to every one than it does to be rude.” — Booker T. Washington Copy Share
