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Education is an important element in the struggle for human rights.

Malcolm X

Education is the means to help our children and thereby increase self-respect.
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Children Education Help Increase Self Respect
Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.
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Courtesy Law Obey Peace Respect Violence
The mental flexibility of the wise man permits him to keep an open mind and enables him to readjust himself whenever it becomes necessary for a change.
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Change Enable Flexible Himself Man Mental Necessary Open Minded Permit
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
If you’re not ready to die for it, take the word ‘freedom’ out of your vocabulary.
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Die Freedom Motivational Ready Work Hard
There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.
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Adversity Broken Heart Contain Improvement Lesson Loss Performance Seed Time
Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.
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Belong Education Future Passport People Preparation Present
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
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
Reading has changed the course of my life radically. I did not aim behind it to gain any certificates to improve my position. Rather, I wanted to live intellectually.
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Certificate Change Course Gain Improvement Intellect Life Position Reading
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
Hence I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people, and then penalize them for not being able to stand up under the weight.
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Black Lives Matter Compassion Crush Mercy Penalize People Racism Society Violence Weight
Truth is on the side of the oppressed.
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One Liner Oppress Truth
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
When ‘I’ replaced with ‘We’, even the illness becomes wellness.
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Deep Ill Inspirational Team Work Togetherness
I don’t even call it violence when it’s in self defense; I call it intelligence.
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Defense Intelligence Violence

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