All Carter G. Woodson Quotes
- The mere imparting of information is not education. Above all things, the effort must result in making a man think and do for himself. All
- The same educational process which inspires and stimulates the oppressor with the thought that he is everything and has accomplished everything worth while, depresses and… Accomplished
- For me, education means to inspire people to live more abundantly, to learn to begin with life as they find it and make it better. Abundantly
- We should emphasize not Negro History, but the Negro in history. What we need is not a history of selected races or nations, but the… Bias
- I am ready to act, if I can find brave men to help me. Act
- Our aim is to appeal to reason. … Prayer is not one of our remedies; it depends on what one is praying for. We consider… Aim
- We have a wonderful history behind us. ... If you are unable to demonstrate to the world that you have this record, the world will… African American
- Truth comes to us from the past, then, like gold washed down from the mountains. Down
- In schools of theology Negroes are taught the interpretation of the Bible worked out by those who have justified segregation and winked at the economic… Bible
- Why not exploit, enslave, or exterminate a class that everybody is taught to regard as inferior? Black
- The real servant of the people must live among them, think with them, feel for them, and die for them. Among
- The race needs workers, not leaders. Leader
- I am not afraid of being sued by white businessmen. In fact, I should welcome such a lawsuit. It would do the cause much good.… Act
- If the Negro in the ghetto must eternally be fed by the hand that pushes him into the ghetto, he will never become strong enough… Become Strong
- When you control a man's thinking you do not have to worry about his actions. Action
- In fact, the confidence of the people is worth more than money. Confidence
- If a race has no history, if it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, and it… African American
- Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history. Accomplished
- As another has well said, to handicap a student by teaching him that his black face is a curse and that his struggle to change… Black
- The mere imparting of information is not education. Education
- The thought of' the inferiority of the Negro is drilled into him in almost every class he enters and in almost every book he studies. Almost Every
- In our so-called democracy we are accustomed to give the majority what they want rather than educate them to understand what is best for them. Accustomed
- The different ness of races, moreover, is no evidence of superiority or of inferiority. This merely indicates that each race has certain gifts which the… Certain
- The large majority of the Negroes who have put on the finishing touches of our best colleges are all but worthless in the development of… All
- If Liberia has failed, then, it is no evidence of the failure of the Negro in government. It is merely evidence of the failure of… Evidence