Ghetto Quotes

272 Ghetto quotes by 182 unique authors

As a people, our monuments never commemorate victories. They commemorate the names of the fallen. We don't need the Arc de Triomphe; we have Masada,… — Unknown Author
Prison is quite literally a ghetto in the most classic sense of the word, a place where the U.S. government now puts not only the… — Piper Kerman
There is only room for a certain amount of black actresses in this industry. I don't want to fall into the zone of playing the… — Selita Ebanks
In my mind, there's nothing wrong with it. I don't instinctively know what's wrong with it. There is a language of the ghetto. There is… — Rush Limbaugh
I am a product of a rat and roach infested black ghetto. It is easy for me to rationalize my dealings as a numbers man.… — Don King
I thought of such Christian inventions as the ghetto and the Jewish badge of shame. The Nazis didn't have to go very far to pick… — Lionel Blue
Why shouldn't rap be esoteric, able to take in current events, history and criticism? I guess it's this old idea of containment - that rappers,… — Saul Williams
Gangsta rap often reaches higher than its ugliest, lowest common denominator, misogyny, violence, materialism and sexual transgression are not its exclusive domain. At its best,… — Michael Eric Dyson
Our problem is this: we usually discover him within some denominational or Christian ghetto. We meet him in a province and, having caught some little… — Calvin Miller
The dark ghettos are social, political, educational and-above all-economic colonies. Their inhabitants are subject peoples, victims of the greed, cruelty, insensitivity, guilt, and fear of… — Kenneth Clarke
A flower that grow in the ghetto know more about survival than the one from fresh meadows. — Talib Kweli
Generally students are the best vehicles for passing on ideas, for their thoughts are plastic and can be molded and they can adjust the ideas… — Theodore White
I didn't say I wouldn't go into ghetto areas. I've been in many of them and to some extent I would say this; if you've… — Spiro T. Agnew
The persecution of Jews in occupied Poland meant that we could see horror emerging gradually in many ways. In 1939, they were forced to wear… — Oskar Schindler
Yet another last night. The last night at home, the last night in the ghetto, the last night in the train, and, now, the last… — Elie Wiesel
You know, my name .... comes from the word shomer, guardian, watcher. My ancestors were guardians of the ghetto wall in Chortkov. And I believe… — Charles Schumer
Had drugs been decriminalized, crack would never have been invented and there would today be fewer addicts... The ghettos would not be drug-and-crime-infested no-man's lands...… — Milton Friedman
You have to remember that west of Winnipeg the ridings the Liberals hold are dominated by people who are either recent Asian immigrants or recent… — Stephen Harper
No matter where you from, there's ghettos all over the place. — Method Man
One of the saddest days of my life was when my mother told me Superman did not exist. I was a comic book reader. I… — Geoffrey Canada
One of the things that sells music is when the artist is looked at as someone who's come up from the streets. Not just any… — Geoffrey Canada
For thugs from the ghetto, violence is a way of life - it's what helps you survive. — Suge Knight
The dream of my life has risen to become fact. Self-defense in the ghetto will have been a reality. Jewish armed resistance and revenge are… — Mordechai Anielewicz
What sort of attractions do you think lured our coreligionists out of the ghetto and into the mainstream of European culture? Was it the wit… — Ben Katchor
It's also true, however, that having conquered the regional writer ghetto, I am now intent on conquering the nationalist writer ghetto and moving out into… — Rick Moody

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