Booker T. Washington: “I would not give a snap of my finger for a person who would give up for that.”

Despite superficial and temporary signs which might lead one to entertain a contrary opinion, there was never a time when I felt more hopeful for the race than I do at the present.

In the economy of God there is but one standard by which an individual can succeed—there is but one for a race.

This country demands that every race shall measure itself by the American standard.

By it a race must rise or fall, succeed or fail, and in the last analysis mere sentiment counts for little.