I early learned that it is a hard matter to convert an individual by abusing him, and that this is more often accomplished by giving credit for all the praiseworthy actions performed than by calling attention alone to all the evil done.
Booker T. WashingtonThe longer I live and the more I study the question, the more I am convinced that it is not so much the problem of what you will do with Negro, as what the Negro will do with you and your 'civilization'.
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. WashingtonWe all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness.
Booker T. Washington