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Revolutions overturn systems. Revolutions destroy systems.

Malcolm X

A race of people is like and individual man; until it uses its own talent, takes pride in its own history, expresses its own culture, affirms its own selfhood, it can never fulfill itself.
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Culture Express Fulfillment History Individual Man People Pride Race Talent
You’re not to be so blind with patriotism that you can’t face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.
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Blind Face Matter Patriotism Politics Reality Wrong
How can anyone be against love?
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Against Love One Liner
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
To have once been a criminal is no disgrace. To remain a criminal is the disgrace.
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Crime Disgrace
History is a people’s memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals.
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Animal History Man Memories People
Revolution is based on land. Land is the basis of all independence. Land is the basis of freedom, justice, and equality.
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Equality Freedom Independence Justice Land Revolution
A man who believes in freedom will do anything under the sun to acquire, or preserve his freedom.
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Acquire Believe Freedom Man Preserve Sun
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
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
Respect me, or put me to death.
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Death One Liner Self Respect
I’m sorry to say that the subject I most disliked was mathematics. I have thought about it. I think the reason was that mathematics leaves no room for argument. If you made a mistake, that was all there was to it.
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Argument Mathematics Mistake Reason Subject
The price of freedom is death.
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Death Freedom One Liner Price
You and I have never seen democracy; all we’ve seen is hypocrisy.
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Democracy Politics
Education is an important element in the struggle for human rights.
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Education Element Human Right Struggle

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