Booker T. Washington: “Been down in de valley, for to pray; An' I ain't done prayin' yet.”

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

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

I repeat my belief that the world is growing in the direction of giving.