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I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color.

Malcolm X

A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can’t play the part of a wise man.
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Clown Man Play Wise
You don’t have to be a man to fight for freedom. All you have to do is to be an intelligent human being.
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Fight Freedom Human Intelligence Man
To have once been a criminal is no disgrace. To remain a criminal is the disgrace.
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Crime Disgrace
The greatest mistake of the movement has been trying to organize a sleeping people around specific goals. You have to wake the people up first, then you’ll get action.
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Action Goals Mistake Movement Organize People Sleep Try Wake Up
Education is the means to help our children and thereby increase self-respect.
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Children Education Help Increase Self Respect
Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you’re a man, you take it.
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Attitude Equality Freedom Giving Justice Man
I believe in a religion that believes in freedom. Any time I have to accept a religion that won’t let me fight a battle for my people, I say to hell with that religion.
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Acceptance Battle Believe Fight Freedom Hell People Religion
The only way we’ll get freedom for ourselves is to identify ourselves with every oppressed people in the world.
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Freedom History Identity Ourselves People Politics World
I have more respect for a man who lets me know where he stands, even if he’s wrong, than the one who comes up like an angel and is nothing but a devil.
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Angel Come Devil Man Respect Stand Wrong
Policies change, and programs change, according to time but objective never changes.
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According Change Objective Politics Program
Children have a lesson adults should learn, to not be ashamed of failing, but to get up and try again.
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Adult Children Failure Inspirational Learning Lesson Shame Try
I don’t advocate violence; but if a man steps on my toes, I’ll step on his.
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Advocate Man Step Toe Violence
The media’s the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that’s power. Because they control the minds of the masses.
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Control Earth Entity Guilty Innocent Mass Media Mind Power Powerful
Culture is an indispensable weapon in the freedom struggle.
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Culture Freedom Indispensable Struggle Weapon
All of our experiences fuse into our personality. Everything that ever happened to us is an ingredient.
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Experience Fuse Happen Ingredient Inspirational Personality
Hatred and anger are powerless when met with kindness.
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Anger Hatred Inspirational Kindness Meet Power

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