Presumption should never make us neglect that which appears easy to us, nor despair make us lose courage at the sight of difficulties.

- Benjamin Banneker

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 th…

- Benjamin Banneker

Never abandon your vision. Keep reaching to further your dreams.

- Benjamin Banneker

Standing at my door, I heard the discharge of a gun, and in four or five seconds of time, after the discharge, the small shot came rattling about me,…

- Benjamin Banneker

Were there no uniforms, there would probably be no armies.

- Benjamin Banneker

Evil communication corrupts good manners. I hope to live to hear that good communication corrects bad manners.

- Benjamin Banneker

It is the indispensable duty of those, who maintain for themselves the rights of human nature, and who possess the obligations of Christianity, to ex…

- Benjamin Banneker

Let a Secretary of Peace be appointed.

- Benjamin Banneker

How pitiable is it to reflect, that although you were so fully convinced of the benevolence of the Father of Mankind, and of his equal and impartial …

- Benjamin Banneker