Best Africa Quotes
1183 Africa quotes by 694 unique authors
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Compared to people in Africa, I think we've all had privileged upbringings.
— Julian Casablancas
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They talk about the failure of socialism but where is the success of capitalism in Africa, Asia and Latin America?
— Fidel Castro
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In the literal sense, there has been no relevant evolution since the trek from Africa. But there has been substantial progress towards higher standards of…
— Noam Chomsky
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The people and the cultures of what is known as Africa are older than the word 'Africa.' According to most records, old and new, Africans…
— John Henrik Clarke
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There was a time when all dark-skinned people were called Ethiopians, for the Greeks referred to Africa as, 'The Land Of The Burnt-Face People.'
— John Henrik Clarke
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Africa and its people are the most written about and the least understood of all of the world's people. This condition started in the 15th…
— John Henrik Clarke
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It is unfortunate that so much of the history of Africa has been written by conquerors, foreigners, missionaries and adventurers. The Egyptians left the best…
— John Henrik Clarke
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I've been working with Pat Robertson on Africa debt-relief, and we disagree on virtually everything except certain very specific, inalienable rights, and the truth is…
— George Clooney
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There was really no friendship in modeling, though a certain amount of warmth comes from running into models you know on shoots, because you end…
— Carol Alt
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The United States is the most powerful nation on Earth and it just can't walk away from the Middle East and central Asia and the…
— John Abizaid
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For Africa to me... is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he…
— Maya Angelou
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Despite my inability to qualify to qualify in South Africa, I did really appreciate the support I got from the IOC particularly the Olympic Solidarity,…
— Benjamin Boukpeti
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Rivers are inherently interesting. They mold landscapes, create fertile deltas, provide trade routes, a source for food and water; a place to wash and play;…
— Unknown Author
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Since World War II, Japan has spawned enormous numbers of new religions featuring the supernatural.... In Thailand, diseases are treated with pills manufactured from pulverized…
— Carl Sagan
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When I turn on my radio, when I hear that Negroes have been lynched in America, I say that we have been lied to: Hitler…
— Aime Cesaire
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Our highest ambition is to be included in the stream of American life, to be permitted to "play the game" as any other American; and…
— Chester Himes
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When a white man in Africa by accident looks into the eyes of a native and sees the human being (which it is the chief…
— Doris Lessing
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I learned that along with the towering achievements of the cultures of ancient Greece and China there stood the culture of Africa, unseen and denied…
— Paul Robeson
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I could never live happily in Africa-or anywhere else-until I could live freely in Mississippi.
— Alice Walker
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I shot a wild elephant in Africa thirty yards from me, and it didn't hit the ground until it was right at my feet. I…
— Sam Snead
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Under the guidance of the Reich, Europe would speedily have become unified. Once the Jewish poison had been eradicated, unification would have been an easy…
— Adolf Hitler
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A ruling intelligentsia, whether in Europe, Asia or Africa, treats the masses as raw material to be experimented on, processed, and wasted at will.
— Eric Hoffer
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The essence of Africa's crisis is fundamentally its extreme poverty and therefore its inability to mobilize out of its own resources even the barest of…
— Jeffrey Sachs
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We spent a lot of time talking about Africa, as we should. Africa is a nation that suffers from incredible disease.
— George W. Bush
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If they are good workmen, they may be of Asia, Africa, or Europe. They may be Mohometans, Jews or Christians of any Sect, or they…
— George Washington
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