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If you’re not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.

Malcolm X

All over this world people are standing up for freedom.
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Freedom People Stand World
If you have a dog, I must have a dog. If you have a rifle, I must have a rifle. If you have a club, I must have a club. This is equality.
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Black Lives Matter Equality Justice
I want to be remembered as someone who was sincere. Even if I made mistakes, they were made in sincerity. If I was wrong, I was wrong in sincerity.
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Deep Mistake Remember Sincere Want Wrong
The mother is the first teacher of the child. The message she gives that child, that child gives to the world.
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Children Giving Inspirational Message Mother Teacher World
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
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
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
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
Mankind’s history has proved from one era to another that the true criterion of leadership is spiritual. Men are attracted by spirit. By power, men are forced. Love is engendered by spirit. By power anxieties are created.
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Anxiety Attract Era Force History Leadership Love Mankind Men Power Prove Spirit Spiritual
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
The ability to read awoke inside of me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.
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Ability Awake Book Crave Inside Reading
As long as you are convinced you have never done anything, you can never do anything.
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Convince Done Motivational
Policies change, and programs change, according to time but objective never changes.
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According Change Objective Politics Program
There can be no black-white unity until there is first some black unity.
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Black Black Lives Matter Unity White
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
Only those who have already experienced a revolution within themselves can reach out effectively to help others.
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Effective Experience Help Inspirational Revolution

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