The Negro is not the man farthest down. The condition of the coloured farmer in the most backward parts of the Southern… — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
The actual sight of a first-class house that a Negro has built is ten times more potent than pages of discussion about… — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
The negro has within him immense power for self-uplifting, but for years it will be necessary to guide and stimulate him. — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
“I have found in my dealings with the Negro race — and I believe that the same is true of all races… — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
The longer I live and the more I study the question, the more I am convinced that it is not so much… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“I began learning long ago that those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.” — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
No race that has anything to contribute to the markets of the world is long in any degree ostracized. — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
