Men may make laws to hinder and fetter the ballot, but men cannot make laws that will bind or retard the growth of manhood.
Booker T. WashingtonSuccess waits patiently for anyone who has the determination and strength to seize 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.
Booker T. Washington...those who are guilty of such sweeping criticisms [of the rich] do not know how many people would be made poor, and how much sufering would result, if wealthy people were to part all at once with any large proportion of their wealth in a way to disorganize and cripple great business enterprises.
Booker T. Washington