"White America has seen to it that Black history has been suppressed in schools and in American history books. The bravery of hundreds of our ancestors who took part in slave rebellions has been lost in the mists of time, since plantation owners did their best to prevent any written accounts of uprisings."

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Source : Huey P. Newton (2009). “Revolutionary Suicide: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.158, Penguin

Huey Newton

#Book Quotes #School Quotes #Uprising Quotes

“Offense is the essence of air power.”
“It's torturous what my siblings put me through. I can take any Olympic final, I can fight in a world championship and fall behind and win in sudden death, but when it comes to my siblings, it's out of my control. There's not much I can do.”
“Our unalterable resolution would be to be free. They have attempted to subdue us by force, but God be praised! in vain. Their arts may be more dangerous then their arms. Let us then renounce all treaty with them upon any score but that of total separation, and under God trust our cause to our swords.”
“No person is free until he or she is free at the center. When we let go there, we are free indeed. When the self is renounced, then one stands utterly disillusioned, apart, asking for nothing. If anything comes to us, it is all sheer gain. Then life becomes one constant surprise.”
“If she can't spell, why is she a librarian? Librarians should know how to spell.”
“Look for opportunities to help someone else, but don't give expecting something in return. Give knowing that if we give we receive.”
“The only way to thrive is to innovate. It's that simple.”
“Taking somebody's sacrifices is like taking counterfeit money. You're only the poorer.”

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