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“Political activity alone cannot make a man free. Back of the ballot, he must have property, industry, skill, economy, intelligence, and character.” quote by Booker T. Washington — Download Open 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

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“There are some things that one individual can do for another, and there are some things that one race can do for another. But,…

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Think about it: we went into slavery pagans; we came out Christians. We went into slavery pieces of property; we came out American citizens.…

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I let no man drag me down so low as to make me hate him.

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The wisest among my race understand that agitations of social equality is the extremist folly, and that progress in the enjoyment of all privileges…

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“I began learning long ago that those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.”

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If you truly want to measure the success of a man, you do not measure it by a position he has achieved, but by…

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The time will come when the Negro in the South will be accorded all the political rights which his ability, character, and material possessions…

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“Kada smo u kontaktu sa drugim čovekom, mi mu ili pomažemo ili smetamo. Nema trećeg: ili ga vučemo na dole, ili ga izvlačimo na…

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Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.

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We must reinforce argument with results.

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Mere connection with what is known as a superior race will not permanently carry an individual forward unless the individual has worth.

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No race that has anything to contribute to the markets of the world is long in any degree ostracized.

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For war to man, like childbirth to women, is simplifying in its emotions and activities. All the real problems of life can be put aside while the one thing is done and little thought is needed to do it. ... His hatreds can be expressed without censure, he can let his emotions run free, he can behave as dramatically, as…

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