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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.

Malcolm X

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
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
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
I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.
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Book Curiosity Life Reading Satisfaction Spend
All of our experiences fuse into our personality. Everything that ever happened to us is an ingredient.
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Experience Fuse Happen Ingredient Inspirational Personality
I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color.
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Believe Black Colour Human Lives Matter Regard Respect
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
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
Revolutions overturn systems. Revolutions destroy systems.
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Destroy Revolution System
The only persons who really changed history are those who changed men’s thinking about themselves.
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Change History Inspirational Men Person Thinking
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
Culture is an indispensable weapon in the freedom struggle.
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Culture Freedom Indispensable Struggle Weapon
People don’t realize how a man’s whole life can be changed by one book.
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Book Change Inspirational Life Man People Realize
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
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

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