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There is a higher law than the law of government. That’s the law of conscience.

Stokely Carmichael

Go home and tell your daughters they are beautiful.
STOKELY CARMICHAEL

Beautiful Daughter Home Yourself
The time for running has come to an end. You tell them white folk in Mississippi that all the scared niggers are dead!
STOKELY CARMICHAEL

Death End Run Scare Time
I knew that I could vote and that that wasn’t a privilege; it was my right. Every time I tried I was shot, killed or jailed, beaten or economically deprived.
STOKELY CARMICHAEL

Economics Known Myself Privilege Right Vote
Our grandfathers had to run, run, run. My generation’s out of breath. We ain’t running no more.
STOKELY CARMICHAEL

Breathe Generation Myself Run
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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Corruption Dog Leadership Uniform Weapon
Black Power can be clearly defined for those who do not attach the fears of white America to their questions about it.
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Black Define Power Question White
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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Build Country Function Institution Racism
The only position for women in SNCC is prone.
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Position Women
Before a group can enter the open society, it must first close ranks.
STOKELY CARMICHAEL

Close Open Rank Society
There is a higher law than the law of government. That’s the law of conscience.
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Conscience Government Law
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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Belief Growth Hold Hope Myself Place Power Qualification
It is a call for black people in this country to unite, to recognize their heritage, to build a sense of community. It is a call for black people to define their own goals, to lead their own organizations.
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Black Build Community Country Organization People Sense
I usually say I did the best I could with what I had. I have no major regrets.
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Best Content Myself Regret
Now you know where I got my name.
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Myself Name Yourself
The first need of a free people is to define their own terms.
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Define Freedom Need Terms
What a liberal really wants is to bring about change that will not in any way endanger his position.
STOKELY CARMICHAEL

Change Himself Liberty Position

There is a higher law than the law of government. That’s the law of conscience.

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