Political activity alone cannot make a man free. Back of the ballot, he must have property, industry, skill, economy, intelligence, and character.
Booker T. WashingtonThe negro has within him immense power for self-uplifting, but for years it will be necessary to guide and stimulate him.
Booker T. WashingtonIn all things that are purely social we can be as separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress.
Booker T. WashingtonA life is not worth much of which it cannot be said, when it comes to its close, that it was helpful to humanity.
Booker T. Washington