To counter the fixation on a rhetoric of victimhood, black folks must engage in a discourse of self-determination. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“We develop our whole character from our thoughts, actions, attentive observations, and from the resolute pursuit of our inspirational dreams.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“There is no sin unless through a man's own will, and hence the reward when we do right things also of our… — St. Augustine of Hippo Copy Share Image
If the new government rejects our urgent appeal, we will, next year, in solidarity with our people, intensify our struggle for self-determination,… — Velupillai Prabhakaran Copy Share Image
Personality is the supreme realization of the innate idiosyncracy of a living being. It is an act of high courage flung in… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Self-determination is not a mere phrase. It is an imperative principle of action, which statesmen will henceforth ignore at their peril. — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
“We all have vices, visible and invisible. Some we deliberately keep secret. Others we don’t even realize or we refuse to admit… — Zeena Schreck Copy Share Image
It's not what you say out of your mouth that determines your life,it's what you whisper to yourself that has the most… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Human rights and international criminal law both illustrate the contradictory potential of international law. On one level, the imposition of human rights… — Richard A. Falk Copy Share Image
“With regard to complex trauma survivors, self-determination and autonomy require that the therapist treat each client as the "authority" in determining the… — Christine A. Courtois Copy Share Image
“The local police was her brother Martin, the sheriff. Her father was the Assistant Chief of Police. The last thing she was… — Elizabeth Garden Copy Share Image
Self-determination has to mean that the leader is your individual gut, and heart, and mind or we're talking about power, again, and… — June Jordan Copy Share Image
“[I]f the name of wife appears more sacred and more valid, sweeter to me is ever the word friend, or, if thou… — Héloïse Copy Share Image
I am convinced that it is one of the most unjust wars that has ever been fought in the history of the… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“I am not your king, impudent larva? Who then has created you? Orestes: You. But you should not have created me free.” — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
Recently with IS and Islamist fanaticism, it has become easy for the Israeli government to simply push the Palestinian struggle for self-determination… — Amos Oz Copy Share Image
Womanpower means the self determination of women, and that means all the baggage of paternalistic society will have to be thrown overboard. — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
“In the learning process, a learner does encounter some difficulty. But with diligent, you will master the act.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
“He recognized the same frenzy of wild abandon that each of those adults shared while beating their children, as if the important… — Elizabeth Garden Copy Share Image
“Ultimately, Ruth decided that not punishing the wicked was unfair to the good.” — Elizabeth Garden Copy Share Image
Nothing can withstand the power of the human will if it is willing to stake its very existence to the extent of… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
We have got to recognize the Mashpee tribe, their sovereignty, and their self-determination. — Sharice Davids Copy Share Image
I think the Montgomery bus boycott initiated an era of self-determination. — Joseph Lowery Copy Share Image