"The only thing that white people have that black people need, or should want, is power-and no one holds power forever."

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"The only thing that white people have that black people need, or should want, is power-and no one holds power forever."

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Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

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"War has always been the grand sagacity of every spirit which has grown too inward and too profound; its curative power lies even in the wounds one receives."

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"Three generations before I was the one meant for the necklace. I saw him when I was three years old, so clear and strong that he could slip his warm hand in mine, he could lift me in theair, yes, lift my body, but I refused him. I turned my back on him. I told him, You go back to the hell from which you came. And I used my power to fight him."

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