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Who Quotes by Henry Louis Gates
- What people forget is that the most radical thing about Obama is that he was the first black man in history to imagine that he…
- People who own property feel a sense of ownership in their future and their society. They study, save, work, strive and vote. And people trapped…
- So many people of color who made major contributions to American history have been trapped in the purgatory of history.
- But you see, our society is still trapped in this binary, black/white logic and that has had some very positive implications for our generation. It's…
- Fortunately, in President Obama, the child of an African and an American, we finally have a leader who is uniquely positioned to bridge the great…
- The only people who live in a post-black world are four people who live in a little white house on Pennsylvania Avenue. The idea that…
- You notice patterns. White guests often are mortified - that word again - when they learn their ancestors owned slaves. But I've never had a…
- Because Lincoln is so closely identified with what it is to be American, everyone wants to claim him, to rewrite his story to satisfy their…
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- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Revolutionaries do not make revolutions. The revolutionaries are those who know when power is lying in the street and then they can… — Hannah Arendt
- Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- He who hath many friends hath none. — Aristotle
- Misfortune shows those who are not really friends. — Aristotle