There is a certain class of race problem-solvers who don't want the patient to get well, because as long as the disease holds out they have not only an easy means of making a living, but also an easy medium through which to make themselves prominent before the public.
Booker T. WashingtonI would permit no man, no matter what his colour might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.
Booker T. WashingtonHolding a grudge does not hurt the person against whom the grudge is held, it hurts the one who holds it.
Booker T. WashingtonThe negro has within him immense power for self-uplifting, but for years it will be necessary to guide and stimulate him.
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