Booker T. Washington: “No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.”

From any point of view, I had rather be what I am, a member of the Negro race, than be able to claim membership with the most favoured of any other race.

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

I have great faith in the power and influence of facts.

I think that the presentation of facts, on a high, dignified plane, is all the begging that most rich people care for.