Ali Mazrui famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Acceptance of race mixture was more developed in Arab culture than in Jewish culture.
-- Ali Mazrui

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You are not a country, Africa. You are a conceptâ€¦ You are not a concept, Africa. You are a glimpse of the infinite.
-- Ali Mazrui

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A people denied history is a people deprived of dignity.
-- Ali Mazrui

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As I took a step toward him your eyes met mine and I saw the silent pleading for forgiveness or acceptance. I wasn't sure which. All I knew was you were Sawyer's now. My best friend was gone. I envied him and hated him for the first time that day. He'd finaly won the one prize I thought was mine.
The story of man is the history, first, of the acceptance and imposition of restraints necessary to permit communal life; and second, of the emancipation of the individual within that system of necessary restraints.
The Freemen have 987 levels of membership, the first three of which are achieved merely by filling out an application. The 8th level is granted upon full acceptance into the local lodge, the 13th following Initiation, the 21st at the end of the Initiate's second week, and the 89th the first time he brings snacks.
On matters of race, on matters of decency, baseball should lead the way.
Salvation for a race, nation or class must come from within. Freedom is never granted; it is won. Justice is never given; it is exacted.
I'm not an expert on the arms race.
I always said that you can use the same vehicle although the driver will change, or the same vehicle to go for the race. It's a different driver, this is exactly what's happening to the cabinet.
Music knows no barrier of age or culture. It isnâ€™t about being politically correct or even making a statement. Music is what appeals to the ears and touches your soul.
Indian weddings are elaborate. As a culture, we like to celebrate everything Our weddings go on for sometimes a week, 10 days.
The outcome of this culture of discrimination is that young people are routinely denied the roles in society they can, should, and need to be occupying.

Ali Mazrui famous quotes

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