If you can control a man's thinking you do not have to worry about his action. When you determine what a man shall think you do not have to concern yourself about what he will do. If you make a man feel that he is inferior, you do not have to compel him to accept an inferior status, for he will seek it himself. If you make a man think that he is justly an outcast, you do not have to order him to the back door. He will go without being told; and if there is no back door, his very nature will demand one. Carter G. Woodson
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This is a very good quote that describes the thinking process of the average man. Every man thinks that he can think for himself and should do things his way. This is why this quote is so important, because it reveals the truth about what man actually think. The average man has never thought about things before, but once he is told what to think, he will slowly but surely come around to think like others.

Source: The Miseducation Of The Negro

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