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Elevation Quotes by James Weldon Johnson
- Northern white people love the Negro in a sort of abstract way, as a race; through a sense of justice, charity, and philanthropy, they will…
- Southern white people despise the Negro as a race, and will do nothing to aid in his elevation as such; but for certain individuals they…
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- Southern white people despise the Negro as a race, and will do nothing to aid in his elevation as such; but for… — James Weldon Johnson
- Driven by my ambitions, desire higher positions, so I proceed to make g's, eternally and my mission is to be more than… — 2Pac
- The true grandeur of humanity is in moral elevation, sustained, enlightened and decorated by the intellect of man — Charles Sumner
- Let woman then go on-not asking favors, but claiming as a right the removal of all hindrances to her elevation in the… — Lucretia Mott
- The stern hand of fate has scourged us to an elevation where we can see the great everlasting things which matter for… — David Lloyd George
- The reason is that nature has so created men that they are able to desire everything but are not able to attain… — Niccolo Machiavelli
- I suspect it was...the old story of the implacable necessity of a man having honour within his own natural spirit. A man… — Laurens van der Post
- He who by an exertion of mind or body, adds to the aggregate of enjoyable wealth, increases the sum of human knowledge,… — Henry George