George Jackson

(38 votes)   Only one-fourth of the sorrow in each man's life is caused by outside uncontrollable elements, the rest is self-imposed by failing to analyze and act with calmness.

George Holbrook Jackson
1874-1948, British Essayist, Literary Historian,

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(31 votes)   The newest books are those that never grow old.

George Holbrook Jackson
1874-1948, British Essayist, Literary Historian,

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(12 votes)   Patience has its limits. Take it too far, and it's cowardice.

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(9 votes)   They have learned that resistance is actually possible. The holds are beginning to slip away.

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(8 votes)   But now with the living conditions deteriorating, and with the sure knowledge that we are slated for destruction, we have been transformed into an implacable army of liberation.

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(8 votes)   Growing numbers of blacks are openly passed over when paroles are considered. They have become aware that their only hope lies in resistance.

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(8 votes)   The savage repression of blacks, which can be estimated by reading the obituary columns of the nation's dailies, Fred Hampton, etc., has not failed to register on the black inmates.

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(8 votes)   Up until now, the prospect of parole has kept us from confronting our captors with any real determination.

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(8 votes)   What the Super Bowl did for us was give us a sense of urgency.

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(7 votes)   Most of today's black convicts have come to understand that they are the most abused victims of an unrighteous order.

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(11 votes)   Very few men imprisoned for economic crimes or even crimes of passion against the oppressor feel that they are really guilty.

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