"I say violence is necessary. Violence is a part of America's culture. It is as American as cherry pie. Americans taught the black people to be violent. We will use that violence to rid ourselves of oppression if necessary. We will be free, by any means necessary."

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Source : "Flames of Cambridge Stoked by Decades of Division". "All Things Considered" with Jacki Lyden, www.npr.org. July 29, 2007.

H. Rap Brown

#Mean Quotes #America Quotes #Pie Quotes

“Cartoonists are untrained artists, while illustrators are more trained.”
“If the day and night are such that you greet them with joy, and life emits a fragrance like flowers and sweet-scented herbs, is more elastic, more starry, more immortal - that is your success.”
“I felt like this is a story in 'Life', that does not go too far away from the feeling that something like this could really happen - it's part of what makes you connect and stay with the story. The feeling of "all is good and calm" in the beginning really sets you up for when things start to go "not so good..."”
“If you keep my secret, this strawberry is yours.”
“I love audiences. My God, the best friends in the world!”
“I was loved as a kid; I was raised with more love and emotional support than most folks could wish for my memories aged nought to ten are all bound up together in a mesh of innocence and fun.”
“The past ... is a dim avenue down which we may walk and find the diverging paths of terror and beauty and passion ...”

Source : Martha Ostenso (1932). “Prologue to Love”, New York : Dodd, Mead
“Because I'm dangerous. I don't mean to be but I am. I'm dangerous to be around, dangerous to everybody. I cause harm. I might even harm you. And I couldn't bear that.”

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