A Quote by Carter G. Woodson
The oppressor has always indoctrinated the weak with his interpretation of the crimes of the strong.
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Very few men imprisoned for economic crimes or even crimes of passion against the oppressor feel that they are really guilty.
I was raised a black child in the South, where you're indoctrinated into a religion that an oppressor gave you.
We live in a wondrous time in which the strong is weak because of his moral scruples and the weak grows strong because of his audacity.
Every Christian community must realize that not only do the weak need the strong, but also that the strong cannot exist without the weak. The elimination of the weak is the death of fellowship.
But when the strong were too weak to hurt the weak, the weak had to be strong enough to leave.
The Negro cannot win the respect of his oppressor by acquiescing; he merely increases the oppressor's arrogance and contempt.
The thing that impressed me then as now about New York… was the sharp, and at the same time immense, contrast it showed between the dull and the shrewd, the strong and the weak, the rich and the poor, the wise and the ignorant… the strong, or those who ultimately dominated, were so very strong, and the weak so very, very weak - and so very, very many.
If you're on the side of the oppressor, or you're defending the oppressor, or you're actually trying to humanize the oppressor, then that's a problem.
It's the people who seem weak who are always suprisingly strong, and the ones who seem strong who are unexpectledly weak.
The true purpose of the strong is to promote greater strength in the weak, and not to keep the weak in that state where they are at the mercy of the strong.
The greatest error of a man is to think that he is weak by nature, evil by nature. Every man is divine and strong in his real nature. What are weak and evil are his habits, his desires and thoughts, but not himself.
The strong conquer the weak. The weak serve the strong and hope to become strong so they can conquer others who are weaker.
All the strength and force of man comes from his faith in things unseen. He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
Contempt for China on the part of the enemy is his weak point. Knowledge of this weak point is our strong point.
Life is for the strong, to be lived by the strong and if need be, taken by the strong. The weak were put on earth to give the strong pleasure.
There is such a thing as the freedom of exhaustion. Some people are so worn down by the yoke of oppression that they give up. [...] The oppressed must never allow the conscience of the oppressor to slumber. [...] To accept injustice or segregation passively is to say to the oppressor that his actions are morally right.
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