Booker T. Washington: “If there is no man there, we may put on all the collars and cuffs we can get, and we shall find that they will not make…”

I never saw a man who so completely lost sight of himself.

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

I was supremely happy in the opportunity of being able to assist somebody else.

Having once got its tentacles fastened on to the economic and social life of the Republic, it was no easy matter for the country to relieve itself of the institution.