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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?

Malcolm X

Education is the means to help our children and thereby increase self-respect.
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Children Education Help Increase Self Respect
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
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
Our objective is complete freedom, justice and equality by any means necessary.
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Complete Equality Freedom Justice Necessary Objective
Only a fool would let his enemy teach his children.
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Business Children Enemy Fools Teaching
Truth is on the side of the oppressed.
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One Liner Oppress Truth
Reform is for people who have government connections, revolution is for the people!
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Connection Government People Revolution
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
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
Learn to see, listen, and think for yourself.
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Inspirational Learning Listen One Liner Thinking Yourself
You can’t have capitalism without racism.
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Capital Racism
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
Sometimes you have to pick the gun up to put the Gun down.
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Gun Peace Struggle Violence War
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
If someone puts their hands on you make sure they never put their hands on anybody else again.
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Brutal Hands Police Solitude Sure Violence
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
Revolutions are never peaceful.
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One Liner Peace Revolution
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.
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Care Hate Love Newspaper Oppress People
You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.
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Freedom Inspirational Peace Positive Separate
Education is an important element in the struggle for human rights.
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Education Element Human Right Struggle
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
Hatred and anger are powerless when met with kindness.
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Anger Hatred Inspirational Kindness Meet Power
You and I have never seen democracy; all we’ve seen is hypocrisy.
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Democracy Politics
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
To have once been a criminal is no disgrace. To remain a criminal is the disgrace.
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Crime Disgrace
Those who would hunt a man need to remember that a jungle also contains those who hunt the hunters.
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Contain Hunt Hunter Jungle Man Remember Revenge
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

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