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Men may make laws to hinder and fetter the ballot, but men cannot…

Quote byBooker T. Washington · 1856–1915

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "The Problems of the Colored Race in the South," lecture, Hamilton Club, Chicago (10 December 1895).

English (original)

Men may make laws to hinder and fetter the ballot, but men cannot make laws that will bind or retard the growth of manhood.

— Booker T. Washington

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