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Men Quotes by Alice Walker
- It is chilling to think that the same people who persecuted the wise women and men of Europe, its midwives and healers, then crossed the…
- As for those who think the Arab world promises freedom, the briefest study of its routine traditional treatment of blacks (slavery) and women (purdah) will…
- The good news may be that Nature is phasing out the white man, but the bad news is that's who She thinks we all are.
- The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white,…
- The quietly pacifist peaceful always die to make room for men who shout.
- I'm not convinced that women have the education or the sense of their own history enough or that they understand the cruelty of which men…
- In my work and in myself I reflect black people, women and men, as I reflect others. One day even the most self-protective ones will…
- The trouble with our people is as soon as they got out of slavery they didn't want to give the white man nothing else. But…
- The world is changing. It is no longer a world just for boys and men
- Men make war to get attention. All killing is an expression of self-hate.
- Man corrupt everything, say Shug. He on your box of grits, in your head, and all over the radio. He try to make you think…
- One white man on the platform in South Carolina asked us where we were going--we had got off the train to get some fresh air…
- It didn't take long to realize I didn't hardly know nothing. And that if you ast yourself why you black or a man or a…
- He beat me like he beat the children. Cept he don't never hardly beat them. He say, Celie, git the belt. The children be outside…
- All my life I had to fight. I had to fight my daddy. I had to fight my brothers. I had to fight my cousins…
- Be compassionate to everyone. Don't just search for whatever it is that annoys and frightens you-see beyond those things to the basic human being. Especially…
- How sad now never to see men holding hands, while everywhere one looks they are holding guns.
- From infancy, I have relied on the fiercely sweet spirits of black men; and this is abundantly clear in my work.
- So many killings of black men in my lifetime. The physical shock is astounding.
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