"Not only are there African accomplices inside the imperialist system, but every African has a responsibility to understand the system and work for its overthrow."

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Source : "How Europe Underdeveloped Africa".

Walter Rodney

#Responsibility Quotes

“We are not nouns, we are verbs. I am not a thing - an actor, a writer - I am a person who does things - I write, I act - and I never know what I'm going to do next. I think you can be imprisoned if you think of yourself as a noun.”

Source : "Stephen Fry reveals new BBC TV series" by Tim Lusher, www.theguardian.com. July 20, 2010.
“A writer's inspiration is not just to create. He must eat three times a day.”
“A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton of explanation.”

Source : The Square Egg (1924) "Clovis on the Alleged Romance of Business"
“My position is perfectly definite. Gravitation, motion, heat, light, electricity and chemical action are one and the same object in various forms of manifestation.”
“If nature had produced spontaneously all the objects which we desire, and in sufficient abundance for the desires of all, there would have been no source of dispute or of injury among men; nor would any man have possessed the means of ever acquiring authority over another.”

Source : James Mill (1821). “The Article Government: Reprinted from the Supplement to the Encyclopædia Britannica”, p.4
“There is an element of anger among women who've been raped. There's certainly a major element of humiliation. But it really does seem like a medical condition of shock and horror”
“Well, my hand never fell off, and within no time, I was bowling competitively in leagues and tournaments.”
“When people watch me on TV they see part of my life. I wanted to let them know the real me behind the scenes. The child who was a concert violinist from the age of six. The young woman who took on the challenge to compete in the Miss America pageant. The television journalist for twenty-five years. The mother of two who, just like most women, struggles to balance work and family.”

Source : "'Getting Real' with Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson". Interview with John W. Kennedy, www.beliefnet.com. July 15, 2015.

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