"There is also the danger in our culture……" — Ella Baker
"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, such a person gets to the point of believing that he is the movement."
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Ella Baker
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15 Quotes by Ella Baker
Ella Baker has 15 quotes on this site.
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One of the things that has to be faced is the process of waiting to change the system, how much…
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My theory is, strong people don't need strong leaders.
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Give light and people will find the way.
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I have always felt it was a handicap for oppressed peoples to depend so largely upon a leader, because unfortunately…
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You didn't see me on television, you didn't see news stories about me. The kind of role that I tried…
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Remember, we are not fighting for the freedom of the Negro alone, but for the freedom of the human spirit…
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The major job was getting people to understand that they had something within their power that they could use, and…
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Until the killing of black men, black mothers' sons, becomes as important to the rest of the country as the…
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I didn't break the rules, but I challenged the rules.
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We who believe in freedom cannot rest.
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Oppressed people, whatever their level of formal education, have the ability to understand and interpret the world around them, to…
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In order for us as poor and oppressed people to become part of a society that is meaningful, the system…
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There is no reward so delightful, no pleasure so exquisite, as having one's work known and acclaimed by those whose…
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Darwin was one of our finest specimens. He did superbly what human beings are designed to do: manipulate social information…
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Do not expect to be hailed as a hero when you make your great discovery. More likely you will be…
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Let us not forget that violence does not live alone and is not capable of living alone: it is necessarily…
— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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With intent to neither idolize nor demonize the man [Barack Obama], it seems fair and evident enough to say that…
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If critics and fanboys weren't suckers for simplistic nihilism and high-pressure marketing, Afterlife would be universally acclaimed as a visionary…
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Do not blame Caesar, blame the people of Rome who have so enthusiastically acclaimed and adored him and rejoiced in…
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Being a Negro writer these days is a racket and I'm going to make the most of it while it…
— Wallace Thurman
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I could see why someone would want to make a website about me, and my quotes. They are all gold.…
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Television excites me because it seems to be the last stamping ground of poetry, the last place where I hear…
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With FIVE DAYS, Douglas Kennedy has crafted a brilliant meditation on regret, fidelity, family, and second chances that will have…
— Will Schwalbe
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It is the fate of every truth to be an object of ridicule when it is first acclaimed.
— Albert Schweitzer
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