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Beware of charisma . . . Representative Men; was Ralph Waldo Emerson's 1850 phrase for the great men in a democracy . . . Is there some common quality among these Representative Men who have been most successful as our leaders? I call it the need to be authentic-or, as our dictionaries tell us, conforming to fact and therefore worthy of trust, reliance or belief. While the charismatic has an uncanny outside source of strength, the authentic is strong because he is what he seems to be. — Daniel J. Boorstin
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The Million Man March was held on a Monday. Most marches were always held on a weekend and most marches were paid for by philanthropic groups and organizations and labor unions, etc. So, the people who came did not necessarily have to make a great sacrifice to be there. — Louis Farrakhan
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Evil triumphs when good men do nothing.
No barrier was strong enough to keep out the movement of time.
The average woman would rather have beauty than brains, because the average man can see better than he can think.
Fools multiply when wise men are silent.
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Our cultural strength has always been derived from our diversity of understanding and experience.
Modern man is alienated from himself, from his fellow men, and from nature. He has been transformed into a commodity, experiences his life forces as an investment which must bring him the maximum profit obtainable under existing market conditions.
Say this: I am blessed, successful, and happy. If you can't claim it today, keep saying this until it becomes your truth. ― Germany Kent
