Booker T. Washington: “Just in proportion as an individual is able to do that, he is of value to the world.”

Until that question was asked it had never occurred to me that there was no period of my life that was devoted to play.

I knew that if we failed it would injure the whole race.

This tenderness and sympathy on the part of those held in bondage was a result of their kindly and generous nature.

I pity from the bottom of my heart any nation or body of people that is so unfortunate as to get entangled in the net of slavery.