Booker T. Washington: “It doesn't pay to be anything else but downright honest in heart.”

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

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

The hurtful influences of the institution were not by any means confined to the Negro.

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.