“As a group, African-Americans have virtually no power or influence. Those who appear to have mainstream power, enjoy the appearance of power only as long as their circumscribed influence is not directed toward fundamentally altering social and economic conditions for a black community whence they sprang, at home and abroad. To make the point more […]

“Mythology is important, essential even, to a national psyche. And Americans in particular are desperate in their pursuit of national myth. This is understandable, to a point: coating an elemental truth with the bright gloss of heroism and national sacrifice is the prerogative of the nation-state. But to carry the same lies forward, generation after […]

“Any manager who punishes their staff for expressing an opinion hasn’t got the faintest idea about leadership. People in charge should empower their employees, not scare them into silence.” -Richard Branson Tweet

“One of the outstanding tragedies of the world is the fact that most people never engage in the work for which they are best fitted by nature.” -Napoleon Hill Tweet

“What do we really know about anything, anyway? Who deploys the information products that we get to select for consumption?” -Randall Robinson Tweet

“’Hot heads’ go with ‘cold feet.’ He who loses his temper is usually a bluffer and when ‘called’ is a quitter.” -Napoleon Hill Tweet

“Too many people in a heterogenous society shouting and acting on too many combustibly conflicting narrow-minded beliefs can produce chaos and disintegration.” -Randall Robinson Tweet

“For American Blacks, especially, too little knowledge of history has been a dangerous thing. Our sketchy knowledge of the role of Blacks in the beginning of civilization and religion has driven Blacks away from their heritage and away from God.” -Spencer Haywood Tweet

“Of all of the manifestations of racism, the one that infuriates me most is the presumption that color equals stupidity.” -Robert Guillaume Tweet

“Both individuals and nations rapidly decline where greed and envy ride in the minds of those who dominate.” -Napoleon Hill Tweet