Booker T. Washington: “It is possible for a person to be dishonest by taking time or energy that belongs to someone else, just as much as…”

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

The great human law that in the end recognizes and rewards merit is everlasting and universal.

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

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.