Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Benjamin's Quote

These are some Quotes that Benjamin Banneker said.

"Ah, Why will men forget that they are brethren?" (Banneker in "The First African American Inventor 2)

"I am of the African race, and in the color which is natural to them of the deepest eye, and it is under a sense of the most profound gratitude to the Supreme Ruler. (Banneker in "Letter to Thomas Jefferson" 1)

"The color of the skin is in no way connected with the strength of the mind or intellectual powers" (Banneker in "Preface to Almanac" 2)

"Evil communication corrupts good manners. I hope to live to hear that good communication corrupts bad manners. (Banneker in "Banneker's Almanac" 1)

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