“Indeed we generally remember ancient civilizations best by those buildings which most exploited the labor of ordinary people and most glorified the vanity of a single autocrat.”
― The No-Nonsense Guide to World History
― The No-Nonsense Guide to World History
“If you hate violence and don't believe in politics, the only major remedy remaining is education.”
― A Collection of Essays
― A Collection of Essays
“A culture,” the poet W. H. Auden observed, “is no better than its woods.”
― Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt
― Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt
“If economic power is centered outside national African boundaries, then political and military power in any real sense is also centered outside until, and unless, the masses of peasants and workers are mobilized to offer an alternative to the system of sham political independence. All”
― How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
― How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
“A culture is a total way of life. It embraces what people ate and what they wore; the way they walked and the way they talked; the manner in which they treated death and greeted the newborn. Obviously,”
― How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
― How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
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