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John Henrik Clarke Quotes: ...education has but one honorable purpose, one alone, everything else is a waste of time......that is to train the student to be a proper handler of power.
         

...education has but one honorable purpose, one alone, everything else is a waste of time......that is to train the student to be a proper handler of power.


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Powerful people cannot afford to educate the people that they oppress, because once you are truly educated, you will not ask for power. You will take it.

Powerful people cannot afford to educate the people that they oppress, because once you are truly educated, you will not ask for power. You will take it.



White people think when you love yourself you hate them. No, when I love myself they become irrelevant to me.

White people think when you love yourself you hate them. No, when I love myself they become irrelevant to me.



What I have learned is that a whole lot of people with degrees don't know a damn thing, and a lot of people with no degrees are brilliant.

What I have learned is that a whole lot of people with degrees don't know a damn thing, and a lot of people with no degrees are brilliant.



If we are going to be masters of our destiny, we must be masters of the ideas that influence that destiny.

If we are going to be masters of our destiny, we must be masters of the ideas that influence that destiny.



Most human behavior is controlled by images. Image is a factor in how people look at themselves and what they use to reflect themselves. The control of images is a major factor in world power.

Most human behavior is controlled by images. Image is a factor in how people look at themselves and what they use to reflect themselves. The control of images is a major factor in world power.



To be black and beautiful means nothing in this world unless we are black and powerful.

To be black and beautiful means nothing in this world unless we are black and powerful.



It's time for Black people to stop playing the separating game of geography, of where the slave ship put us down. We must concentrate on where the slave ship picked us up.

It's time for Black people to stop playing the separating game of geography, of where the slave ship put us down. We must concentrate on where the slave ship picked us up.



We will have taken one giant step forward when we face this reality: Powerful people never teach powerless people how to take their power away from them.

We will have taken one giant step forward when we face this reality: Powerful people never teach powerless people how to take their power away from them.



Nothing the European mind ever devised was meant to do anything but to facilitate the European's control over the world.

Nothing the European mind ever devised was meant to do anything but to facilitate the European's control over the world.



Whoever is in control of the hell in your life, is your devil.

Whoever is in control of the hell in your life, is your devil.





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We were the only humans - the only forms of life, in fact - for hundreds of miles in each direction, unreaching and unreachable as we rocketed back towards civilisation.

We were the only humans - the only forms of life, in fact - for hundreds of miles in each direction, unreaching and unreachable as we rocketed back towards civilisation.



Change is the watchword of progression. When we tire of well-worn ways, we seek for new. This restless craving in the souls of men spurs them to climb, and to seek the mountain view.

Change is the watchword of progression. When we tire of well-worn ways, we seek for new. This restless craving in the souls of men spurs them to climb, and to seek the mountain view.



Have you at any time been detained in a mental home or similar institution? If so, give particulars.' 'I was at Scone College, Oxford, for two years,' said Paul.

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The President is always abused. If he isn't, he isn't doing anything.

The President is always abused. If he isn't, he isn't doing anything.



I continually remind myself to live by a code. It's very important to me. I've got a bad temper.

I continually remind myself to live by a code. It's very important to me. I've got a bad temper.



Without raising human consciousness, whatever we do in the world will only lead to more and more suffering.

Without raising human consciousness, whatever we do in the world will only lead to more and more suffering.



I was very fascinated by the time when firearms went from being fire sticks to being something people could use to hunt and to survive.

I was very fascinated by the time when firearms went from being fire sticks to being something people could use to hunt and to survive.



It is about the greatness of God, not the significance of man. God made man small and the universe big to say something about himself.

It is about the greatness of God, not the significance of man. God made man small and the universe big to say something about himself.



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