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Who taught you to hate yourself?

Malcolm X

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
I think that the best thing that a person can be is sincere.
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Person Positive Sincere
If not now then when, if not me then who?
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Business Inspirational One Liner Time Work Hard
You and I have never seen democracy; all we’ve seen is hypocrisy.
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Democracy Politics
We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves.
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Acceptance Inspirational Ourselves Prove Self Love Thinking
Learn to see, listen, and think for yourself.
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Inspirational Learning Listen One Liner Thinking Yourself
Education is an important element in the struggle for human rights.
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Education Element Human Right Struggle
Concerning non-violence: it is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks.
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Attack Brutal Concern Constant Crime Defend Man Non Violence Teaching Victim
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
I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I’m a human being, first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.
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Against Benefit Human Humanity Justice Matter Truth
Ignorance of each other is what has made unity impossible in the past.
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Each Other Ignorance Impossible Past Unity
We’re all in the same boat and we all are going to catch the same hell from the same man.
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Boat Catch Hell Man
Read absolutely everything you get your hands on because you’ll never know where you’ll get an idea from.
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Book Hands Ideas Knowledge Reading
The greatest mistake of the movement has been trying to organize a sleeping people around specific goals. You have to wake the people up first, then you’ll get action.
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Action Goals Mistake Movement Organize People Sleep Try Wake Up
Sometimes you have to pick the gun up to put the Gun down.
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Gun Peace Struggle Violence War
It is only after the deepest darkness that the greatest light can come; it is only after extreme grief that the greatest joy can come.
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Come Darkness Extreme Grief Joy Light

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