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Knowledge unfits a child to be a slave.


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It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.

It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.



You are not judged by the height you have risen, but from the depth you have climbed.

You are not judged by the height you have risen, but from the depth you have climbed.



I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.

I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.



There is no negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their own constitution

There is no negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their own constitution



Education means emancipation. It means light and liberty. It means the uplifting of the soul of man into the glorious light of truth, the light by which men can only be made free.

Education means emancipation. It means light and liberty. It means the uplifting of the soul of man into the glorious light of truth, the light by which men can only be made free.



Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one's thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist. That, of all rights, is the dread of tyrants. It is the right which they first of all strike down.

Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one's thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist. That, of all rights, is the dread of tyrants. It is the right which they first of all strike down.



Without a struggle, there can be no progress.

Without a struggle, there can be no progress.



If there is no struggle, there is no progress.

If there is no struggle, there is no progress.



Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.

Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.



The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.

The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.





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