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Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you’re a man, you take it.

Malcolm X

How can you thank a man for giving you what’s already yours? How then can you thank him for giving you only part of what is yours?
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Deep Man Philosophy Thankful Yourself
Education is an important element in the struggle for human rights.
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Education Element Human Right Struggle
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
You can’t hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree.
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Deep Hate Racism Root Tree
In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure.
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Deed Determination Failure Proper Respect Success Value
Education is an important element in the struggle for human rights.
MALCOLM X

Education Element Human Right Struggle
As long as you are convinced you have never done anything, you can never do anything.
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Convince Done Motivational
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
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
Human rights are something you were born with. Human rights are your God-given rights. Human rights are the rights that are recognized by all nations of this earth.
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Born Earth Gift God Human Nation Recognize Right
Truth is on the side of the oppressed.
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One Liner Oppress Truth
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
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
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
To have once been a criminal is no disgrace. To remain a criminal is the disgrace.
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Crime Disgrace
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

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