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Think about it: we went into slavery pagans; we came out Christians. We went into slavery pieces of property; we came out American citizens. We went into slavery with chains clanking about our wrists; we came out with the American ballot in our hands.

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I would permit no man, no matter what his colour might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.
Most leaders spend time trying to get others to think highly of them, when instead they should try to get their people to think more highly of themselves. It's wonderful when the people believe in their leader. It's more wonderful when the leader believes in their people! You can't hold a man down without staying down with him.
No greater injury can be done to any youth than to let him feel that because he belongs to this or that race he will be advanced in life regardless of his own merits or efforts.
No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.
Holding a grudge does not hurt the person against whom the grudge is held, it hurts the one who holds it.
Start where you are with what you have, knowing that what you have is plenty enough.
Of all forms of slavery there is none that is so harmful and degrading as that form of slavery which tempts one human being to hate another by reason of his race or color. One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him.
Great men cultivate love...only little men cherish a spirit of hatred
An inch of progress is worth more than a yard of complaint.
The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.