Justice Quote by Albert Memmi

““For it is not without cause that one needs the police and the army to earn one's living or force and injustice to continue to exist.””

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“To be sure, the church has greatly assisted the colonialist; backing his ventures, helping his conscience, contributing to the acceptance of colonization even by…

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“Colonized painting, for instance, is balanced between poles. From excessive submission to Europe resulting in depersonalization, it passes to such a violent return to…

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There is a strange kind of tragic enigma associated with the problem of racism. No one, or almost no one, wishes to see themselves…

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“Conquest occurred through violence, and over-expolitation and oppression necessitate continued violence, so the army is present. There would be no contradiction in that, if…

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“Every colonial nation carries carries the seeds of a fascist temptation in its bossom. What is fascism if not a regime of oppression for…

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“Nothing could better justify the colonizer's privileged position than industry, and nothing could better justify tge colonised 's destitution than his laziness. The mythical…

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“All efforts of the colonialist are directed toward maintaining thsi social immobility, and racism is the surest weapon this aim. Racism appears then, not…

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“The colonialst as the custodian of the values of civilization and history, he accomplishes a mission; he has the immense merit of bringing light…

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“Colonial racism is built from three major ideological components: One, the gulf between the culture of the colonialist and the colonized: two, the exploitation…

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“It is not easy to escape mentally from a concrete situation, to refuse its ideology while continuing to live with its actual relationships.”

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Racism does not limit itself to biology or economics or psychology or metaphysics; it attacks along many fronts and in many forms, deploying whatever…

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“The colonialist's existence is so closely aligned with that of the colonized that he will never be able to overcome the argument which states…

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