The masses don’t shed their blood for the benefit of a few individuals.
STOKELY CARMICHAELThe death of Che Guevara places a responsibility on all revolutionaries of the World to redouble their decision to fight on to the final defeat of Imperialism. That is why in essence Che Guevara is not dead, his ideas are with us.
More Stokely Carmichael Quotes
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Seems to me that the institutions that function in this country are clearly racist, and that they’re built upon racism.
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I place my own hope for the United States in the growth of belief among the unqualified that they are in fact qualified: they can articulate and be responsible and hold power
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I usually say I did the best I could with what I had. I have no major regrets.
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An organization which claims to speak for the needs of a community must speak in the tone of that community.
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There is a higher law than the law of government. That’s the law of conscience.
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The first need of a free people is to define their own terms.
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The time for running has come to an end. You tell them white folk in Mississippi that all the scared niggers are dead!
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What a liberal really wants is to bring about change that will not in any way endanger his position.
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I maintain that every civil rights bill in this country was passed for white people, not for black people.
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Leaders in Africa are so corrupt that we are certain if we put dogs in uniforms and put guns on their shoulders, we’d be hard put to distinguish them.
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The philosophers Camus and Sartre raise the question whether or not a man can condemn himself.
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The secret of life is to have no fear; it’s the only way to function.
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An organization which claims to be working for the needs of a community – as SNCC does – must work to provide that community with a position of strength from which to make its voice heard. This is the significance of black power beyond the slogan
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Our noses are broad, our lips are thick, our hair is nappy-we are black and beautiful!
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Before a group can enter the open society, it must first close ranks.
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