Controversial Sayings

206 sayings found from the Modern era

I got nothing against them Viet Cong. No Viet Cong ever called me nigger.

— Muhammad Ali 1966
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Take no thought of who is right or wrong, or who is superior. Leave all this behind and see the world as an innocent child.

— Bruce Lee Unknown
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The major secret of success is to be master of the nation.

— Ataturk (Mustafa Kemal) 1927
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It is better to sacrifice everything than to live in slavery!

— Ho Chi Minh 1940s
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The British Empire is the greatest secular miracle the world has seen.

— Jawaharlal Nehru 1930s
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I will cut off this right arm of mine before I will ever work or demand the ballot for the Negro and not the woman.

— Susan B. Anthony 1869
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The only way to stop discrimination is to stand up to it.

— Rosa Parks 1990s
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The white man is the devil.

— Malcolm X 1960s
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Suffering is a great gift from God. It is a sign that you have come so close to Him.

— Mother Teresa Approx. 1970s-1980s
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Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all — the apathy of human beings.

— Helen Keller 1903
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It's an odd feeling to be so completely cut off from everything.

— Anne Frank October 9, 1942
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A woman is like a tea bag – you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water.

— Eleanor Roosevelt Approx. 1950s
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Acting is just a way of making a living. The actor's a fool if he believes he's anything more than a glorified whore.

— Marlon Brando 1957
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I went to Africa and I saw the real thing. I saw the real people. I saw the real culture. And I came back and I was a changed man.

— Richard Pryor 1979
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“There are no dirty words, just dirty minds.”

— Lenny Bruce 1960s
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I am not an arrogant man, but I am proud of what I have done for Uganda.

— Idi Amin 1975
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I guess we all like to be recognized not for one thing, but for the whole enchilada.

— Neil Armstrong 2005
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It is not a question of whether we like the Jewish race or not; it is a question of whether we are to survive. We must protect our European blood.

— Charles Lindbergh 1941
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We are not Communists, Catholics, or Socialists. We are African nationalists.

— Patrice Lumumba 1960
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Martyrdom does not end something, it is only a beginning.

— Indira Gandhi 1980
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