"To hold a people in oppression you have……" — John Henrik Clarke
"To hold a people in oppression you have to convince them first that they are supposed to be oppressed."
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John Henrik Clarke
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59 Quotes by John Henrik Clarke
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Powerful people cannot afford to educate the people that they oppress, because once you are truly educated, you will not…
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Religion is the organization of spirituality into something that became the hand maiden of conquerors. Nearly all religions were brought…
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A good teacher, like a good entertainer first must hold his audience's attention, then he can teach his lesson.
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My main point here is that if you are the child of God and God is a part of you,…
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I saw no African people in the printed and illustrated Sunday school lessons. I began to suspect at this early…
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A people's relationship to their heritage is the same as the relationship of a child to its mother.
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What I have learned is that a whole lot of people with degrees don't know a damn thing, and a…
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History is not everything, but it is a starting point. History is a clock that people use to tell their…
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Anytime you turn on your own concept of God, you are no longer a free man. No one needs to…
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Africans in the United States must remember that the slave ships brought no West Indians, no Caribbeans, no Jamaicans or…
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Egypt gave birth to what later would become known as 'Western Civilization,' long before the greatness of Greece and Rome.
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Nothing the European mind ever devised was meant to do anything but to facilitate the European's control over the world.
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You're creating a different world and the actor's job is to be able to convince the audience to enter into…
— Christian Bale
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We have to convince the people of Bucharest, who are dog lovers, to treat dogs like they treat their children…
— Brigitte Bardot
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The way I write my songs is that I have to believe what I'm writing about, and that's why they…
— Adele
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The one thing that offends me the most is when I walk by a bank and see ads trying to…
— Jeff Bezos
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The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.
— Josh Billings
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No animal on the face of the earth could conceive of taxation. You and I work roughly six months a…
— Rita Mae Brown
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I wish your increase in holiness, number, love, religion, and righteousness; and wait you, and cease to contend with these…
— Donald Cargill
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I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.
— Muhammad Ali
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If you would convince others, seem open to conviction yourself.
— Lord Chesterfield
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I just managed to convince my grandmother that it was a worth while that was something to do, you know,…
— Eric Clapton
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I believe so much in the power of performance I don't want to convince people. I want them to experience…
— Marina Abramovic
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If you will have a person enslaved, the first thing you must do is convince yourself that the person is…
— Maya Angelou
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