"By what standard of morality can the violence used by a slave to break his chains be considered the same as the violence of a slave master?"

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Source : "The Groundings with my Brothers". Book by Walter Rodney, 1969.

Walter Rodney

#Violence Quotes #Morality Quotes #Slave Quotes

“I am pretty fearless, and you know why? Because I don't handle fear very well; I'm not a good terrified person.”
“You half fancied that to go in as it was rising and dipping at the same time.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Don't try to touch my heart, it's darker than you think. And don't try to read my mind, because it's full of disappearing ink.”
“A liberal is a person who believes that water can be made to run uphill. A conservative is someone who believes everybody should pay for his water. I'm somewhere in between: I believe water should be free, but that water flows downhill.”
“We live in stories. What we are is stories. We do things because of what is called character, and our character is formed by the stories we learn to live in.”

Source : William Kittredge (1996). “Who Owns the West?”
“We have abolished human bondage because it cursed those who imposed it. It is now our bounden duty to oppose cruelty to those creatures of our common Father which share with man the mystery of life.”
“I photograph from the heart. I adore little babies and I think that shows. My images are really very positive, very simple, and from the heart. Babies speak a universal language.”
“Humans are allergic to change.”

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