“I learned the lesson that great men cultivate love, and that only little men cherish a spirit of hatred. I learned that assistance given to the weak makes the one who gives it strong; and that oppression of the unfortunate makes one weak…I would permit no man, no matter what his color might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him…Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him” — Booker T. Washington in Chapter XI of Up From Slavery (1901).