John Hope Quotes
We must go beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths and untrodden depths of the wilderness and travel and explore and tell the world the glories of our journey.
If the house is to be set in the order, one cannot begin with the present; he must begin with the past
Love created this world, & the lack of it can kill it. Selfishness, self-absorption , arrogance & indifference never built anything.
Do more and understand that all wealth came from poor people either as the entrepreneurs or the consumers who buy the product that keeps the entrepreneurs in business.
Dr. King once said, "You cannot legislate goodness, and you cannot pass a law to force someone to respect you. The only way to social justice, in a capitalist country, is through economic parity."
The writing of history reflects the interests, predilections, and even prejudices of a given generation.
My challenge was to weave into the fabric of American history enough of the presence of blacks so that the story of the United States could be told adequately and fairly.
If you’re not passionate about what you’re doing, you need to stop doing it. You aren’t living your truth.
For many years, I believed racism in America was dead and that opportunity existed for all. My beliefs were shaken when the Rodney King officers were acquitted.
If money, education, and honesty will not bring to me as much privilege, as much equality as they bring to any American citizen, then they are to me a curse, and not a blessing.