Benjamin Hooks quotes
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“If you think you are leading and turn around to see no one following, then you are just taking a walk.”
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“The most enduring contributions made to civilization have not been made by brawn, they have been made by brain.”
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“Black men who have succeeded have an obligation to serve as role models for young men entrapped by a vicious cycle of poverty, despair, and hopelessness.”
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“We're no longer arguing about riding in the back of the bus, but being the bus driver or the president of the bus company. We're not pushing for the right to buy the hot dog, but selling the hot dog and the right to own the hot dog franchise.”
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“A good history covers not only what was done, but the thought that went into the action. You can read the history of a country through its actions.”
-- Benjamin Hooks
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“I must follow them. I am their leader.”
Source : Abbott Lawrence Lowell (1932). “Conflicts of Principle”
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Source : A.A. Gill (2010). “Paper View: The Best of The Sunday Times Television Columns”, p.127, Hachette UK
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“If a man walks in beauty, he will create, and when he creates, he prospers.”
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“It is good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks.”
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