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Quotation from Atlanta Exposition Address by Booker T. Washington
“It is important and right that all privileges of the law be ours, but it is vastly more important that we be prepared for the exercises of these privileges.”
Atlanta Exposition Address, Paragraph 9 (Up from Slavery (1901), Chapter XIV)
Washington claims legal rights while placing preparation first.
Citation: "It is important and right that all privileges of the law be ours, but it is vastly more important that we be prepared for the exercises of these privileges." — Booker T. Washington, Atlanta Exposition Address, Paragraph 9 (Up from Slavery (1901), Chapter XIV). (id atlanta-exposition-address-q6)
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