“You can’t make a weak man strong by making a strong man weak”
Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) 16th President of the United States
“A weak man has doubts before a decision; a strong man has them afterwards.”
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Czech playwright and publicist 1874–1936Related quotes
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Context: The chief reason why so many give such a little attention to the background of the Negro is the belief that this study is unimportant. They consider as history only such deeds as those of Mussolini who after building up an efficient war machine with the aid of other Europeans would now use it to murder unarmed and defenseless Africans who have restricted themselves exclusively to attending to their own business. If Mussolini succeeds in crushing Abyssinia he will be recorded in "history" among the Caesars, and volumes written in praise of the conqueror will find their way to the homes and libraries of thousands of miseducated Negroes. The oppressor has always indoctrinated the weak with this interpretation of the crimes of the strong.
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