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“A man who has a language consequently possesses the world expressed and implied by that language.”

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The unpreparedness of the educated classes, the lack of practical links between them and the mass of the people, their laziness, and, let it…

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“The passion with which native intellectuals defend the existence of their national culture may be a source of amazement; but those who condemn this…

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One avoids Creolisms. Some families completely forbid Creole and mothers ridicule their children for speaking it.

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Hate demands existence, and he who hates has to show his hate in appropriate actions and behaviors; in a sense, he has to become…

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Fervor is the weapon of choice for the impotent.

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Capitalist exploitation and cartels and monopolies are the enemies of underdeveloped countries. On the other hand a regime which is completely oriented towards the…

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The living expression of the nation is the collective consciousness in motion of the entire people.

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“The claim to a national culture in the past does not only rehabilitate that nation and serve as a justification for the hope of…

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The business of obscuring language is a mask behind which stands the much bigger business of plunder.

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Get used to me, I am not getting used to anyone.

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“To speak pidgin to a Negro makes him angry, because he himself is a pidgin-nigger-talker. But, I will be told, there is no wish,…

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