We are the only class in history that has been left to fight its battles alone, unaided by the ruling powers. White labor and the freed black men had their champions, but where are ours?
Date of birth: 1815-11-12
Date of death: 1902-10-26
Quotes number: 30
Nationality: American
Profession: Activist
One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothin' can beat teamwork.
I didn't decide to be a photographer; I just happened to fall into it.
My job, I think, is the hardest job out of all the judges because I am the only one that is a performer.
The conventional definition of management is getting work done through people, but real management is developing people through work.
My best work is often almost unconscious and occurs ahead of my ability to understand it.
Poetry is the work of poets, not of peoples or communities; artistic creation can never be anything but the production of an individual mind.
You can't walk alone. Many have given the illusion, but none have really walked alone. Man is not made that way. Each man is bedded in his people, their history, their culture, and their values.
All I do, really, is go to work and try to be professional, be on time and be prepared.
The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.
People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.