In the past the man has been first; in the future the system must be first. This in no sense, however, implies that great men are not needed. On the contrary, the first object of any good system must be that of developing first-class men
Bio: Ann Plato was a 19th-century mixed-race educator and author. She was the second woman of color to publish a book in America and the first to publish a book of essays and poems.
