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If you don’t stand for something you will fall for anything.

Malcolm X

I believe in the brotherhood of man, all men, but I don’t believe in brotherhood with anybody who doesn’t want brotherhood with me.
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Attitude Believe Brotherhood Man Self Respect
Ignorance of each other is what has made unity impossible in the past.
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Each Other Ignorance Impossible Past Unity
Anytime you have to rely upon your enemy for a job you’re in bad shape.
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Bad Enemy Job Rely Shape
You can’t have capitalism without racism.
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Capital Racism
Usually when people are sad, they don’t do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.
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Angry Change Condition Cry People Sad
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
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
Education is the means to help our children and thereby increase self-respect.
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Children Education Help Increase Self Respect
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
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
In fact, once he is motivated no one can change more completely than the man who has been at the bottom. I call myself the best example of that.
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Change Complete Example Man Motivational Myself Struggle
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
Children have a lesson adults should learn, to not be ashamed of failing, but to get up and try again.
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Adult Children Failure Inspirational Learning Lesson Shame Try
Revolutions overturn systems. Revolutions destroy systems.
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Destroy Revolution System
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
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

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