The enemies of a people are those who keep them in ignorance.
Interpretation
Ignorance is a significant enemy, and those who perpetuate it harm society.
This quote by Thomas Sankara emphasizes the idea that a true threat to any community comes from those who prevent its members from gaining knowledge. By fostering ignorance, individuals and groups can maintain power over others, stifling progress and freedom. Therefore, enlightenment and education become crucial for empowerment and societal advancement.
In practice
In a speech advocating for educational reform, one could use this quote to illustrate the need for knowledge.
Our revolution in Burkina Faso draws on the totality of mans experiences since the first breath of humanity. We wish to be the heirs of all the revolutions of the world, of all the liberation struggles of the peoples of the Third World. We draw the lessons of the American revolution.
Let there be an end to the arrogance of the big powers who miss no opportunity to put the rights of the people in question. Africa's absence from the club of those who have the right to veto is unjust and should be ended.
We must dare to invent the future
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You can present the material, but you can't make me care.
I'd be satisfied just coaching in high school. I turned down a number of colleges when I was teaching in South Bend, Indiana, before I went into the service. I honestly believe that if I hadn't enlisted in the service, I would never have left high school teaching. I'm sure I would have never left.
I'm kind of old-school and love nothing more than sitting, opening a book, and reading it. But I also love listening to audio books.
Talent is in short supply everywhere. At Wipro, we are training nonengineers to be engineers.
You can't teach people anything. You can only draw out.
In all the twelve years I was at school no one ever succeeded in making me write a Latin verse or learn any Greek except the alphabet.
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