Booker T. Washington: “The Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute is ideal in its conception, and has already a large and growing reputation…”

In this connection I have never been able to understand how the slaves throughout the South, completely ignorant as were the masses so far as books or newspapers were concerned, were able to keep themselves so accurately and completely…

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

I do not know how many have noticed it, but I think that it will be found to be true that there are few instances, either in slavery or freedom, in which a member of my race has been known to betray a specific trust.

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