Quotes by Benjamin Banneker

• Evil communication corrupts good manners. I hope to live to hear that good communication corrects bad manners.
• I am of the African race, and in the colour which is natural to them of the deepest dye; and it is under a sense of the most profound gratitude to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe.
• Presumption should never make us neglect that which appears easy to us, nor despair make us lose courage at the sight of difficulties.
• The colour of the skin is in no way connected with strength of the mind or intellectual powers.