Booker T. Washington: “The world should not pass judgment upon the Negro, and especially the Negro youth, too quickly or too harshly.”

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

Even the most ignorant members of my race on the remote plantations felt in their hearts, with a certainty that admitted of no doubt, that the freedom of the slaves would be the one great result of the war, if the Northern armies conquered.

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

I knew that if we failed it would injure the whole race.