Molefi Kete Asante quotes
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“A wise person speaks carefully and with truth, for every word tht passes between one's teeth is meant for something.”
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“As a people, our most cherished and valuable achievements are the achievements of spirit. With an Afrocentric spirit, all things can be made to happen; it is the source of genuine revolutionary commitment.”
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“What could be any more correct for any people than to see with their own eyes?”
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“There are two things over which you have complete dominion, authority, and control – your mind and your mouth.”
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“The person who strays away from the source is unroofed and is like dust blown about by the wind.”
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“Your power is in your faith. Keep it and pass it on to other bloods.”
-- Molefi Kete Asante
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Source : Adam Clarke (1820). “Clavis Biblica; or, a Compendium of Scriptural Knowledge; containing a general view of the contents of the Old and New Testaments ... originally drawn up for the instruction of Two Teerunanxies, or High Priests of Budhoo, from the Island of Ceylon”, p.48
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Source : Campaign remark, Fresno, Cal., 10 Sept. 1952. John F. Parker, in "If Elected, I Promise ...": Stories and Gems of Wisdom by and About Politicians (1969), attributes the reverse statement to Chauncey Depew (1834 - 1928): "If you will refrain from telling any lies about the Republican party, I'll promise not to tell the truth about the Democrats."
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“Every fairy tale had a bloody lining. Every one had teeth and claws.”
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