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title: "11 Booker Washington Quotes by 9 authors"
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> [“I prefer to heed the wise words of Booker T. Washington: "I would permit no man to drag down my soul by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rev-jesse-lee-peterson/i-prefer-to-heed-the-wise-words-of-booker-t-washington-i-would-permit/)

[Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rev-jesse-lee-peterson/)

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> [Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/booker-t-washington-2/success-is-to-be-measured-not-so-much-by-the-position-that-one-has/)

[Booker T Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/booker-t-washington-2/)

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> [“each of the two great archrivals, Booker T. Washington and WE.B. Du Bois, invited”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-hochschild/each-of-the-two-great-archrivals-booker-t-washington-and-we-b-du-bois/)

[Adam Hochschild](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-hochschild/)

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> [Booker Washington was essentially the head Republican boss in the South. He was a power broker.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-w-brands/booker-washington-was-essentially-the-head-republican-boss-in-the/)

[H. W. Brands](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-w-brands/)

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> [Booker Washington was branded an accommodationist by many of the people who criticized him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-w-brands/booker-washington-was-branded-an-accommodationist-by-many-of-the/)

[H. W. Brands](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-w-brands/)

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> [“you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else. –Booker T. Washington”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/improve-life-books/you-want-to-lift-yourself-up-lift-up-someone-else-booker-t-washington/)

[Improve Life Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/improve-life-books/)

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> [If you think your lot in life has been hard read “Up From Slavery” by Booker T. Washington, and you may see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/napoleon-hill/if-you-think-your-lot-in-life-has-been-hard-read-up-from-slavery-by/)

[Napoleon Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/napoleon-hill/)

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> [Today we ought to be able to see first that Booker T. Washington faced a situation in which he was seeking desperately…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-l-r-james/today-we-ought-to-be-able-to-see-first-that-booker-t-washington-faced/)

[C. L. R. James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-l-r-james/)

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> [Before Booker T. Washington, we have small business owners but we do not have a philosopher of black entrepreneurship, and that's what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-smith/before-booker-t-washington-we-have-small-business-owners-but-we-do/)

[Ed Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-smith/)

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> [Du Bois marked a great stage in the history of Negro struggles when he said that Negroes could no longer accept the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-l-r-james/du-bois-marked-a-great-stage-in-the-history-of-negro-struggles-when/)

[C. L. R. James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-l-r-james/)

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> [Well, I was always a bit of a political junkie. Even as a kid I would read biographies of presidents and of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-legend/well-i-was-always-a-bit-of-a-political-junkie-even-as-a-kid-i-would/)

[John Legend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-legend/)

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