Booker T. Washington: “But to do this we must take advantage of the forces at hand.”

I have long since ceased to cherish any spirit of bitterness against the Southern white people on account of the enslavement of my race.

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

I have always looked upon fame as something to be used in accomplishing good.

When freedom came, the slaves were almost as well fitted to begin life anew as the master, except in the matter of book-learning and ownership of property.