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The most potent weapon of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.


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The basic tenet of black consciousness is that the black man must reject all value systems that seek to make him a foreigner in the country of his birth and reduce his basic human dignity.



I would like to remind the black ministry and indeed all black people that God is not in the habit of coming down from heaven to solve people's problems on earth.

I would like to remind the black ministry and indeed all black people that God is not in the habit of coming down from heaven to solve people's problems on earth.



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Change the way people think and things will never be the same



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The wealth of the country must eventually be enjoyed by people of the country



You are either alive and proud or you are dead, and when you are dead, you can't care anyway.

You are either alive and proud or you are dead, and when you are dead, you can't care anyway.



So as a prelude whites must be made to realise that they are only human, not superior. Same with Blacks. They must be made to realise that they are also human, not inferior.

So as a prelude whites must be made to realise that they are only human, not superior. Same with Blacks. They must be made to realise that they are also human, not inferior.



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A community is easily divide when their perception of the same thing is different





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