Ella Baker Quotes

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• One of the things that has to be faced is the process of waiting to change the system, how much we have got to do…
• My theory is, strong people don't need strong leaders.
• Give light and people will find the way.
• I have always felt it was a handicap for oppressed peoples to depend so largely upon a leader, because unfortunately in our culture, the charismatic…
• You didn't see me on television, you didn't see news stories about me. The kind of role that I tried to play was to pick…
• Remember, we are not fighting for the freedom of the Negro alone, but for the freedom of the human spirit a larger freedom that encompasses…
• The major job was getting people to understand that they had something within their power that they could use, and it could only be used…
• Until the killing of black men, black mothers' sons, becomes as important to the rest of the country as the killing of a white mother's…
• I didn't break the rules, but I challenged the rules.
• We who believe in freedom cannot rest.
• Oppressed people, whatever their level of formal education, have the ability to understand and interpret the world around them, to see the world for what…
• There is also the danger in our culture that because a person is called upon to give public statements and is acclaimed by the establishment,…
• In order for us as poor and oppressed people to become part of a society that is meaningful, the system under which we now exist…
• Strong people don't need strong leaders.
• Give light and people will find the way. --Ella Baker

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