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You can’t hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree.

Malcolm X

Policies change, and programs change, according to time but objective never changes.
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According Change Objective Politics Program
History is a people’s memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals.
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Animal History Man Memories People
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
If you’re not ready to die for it, take the word ‘freedom’ out of your vocabulary.
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Die Freedom Motivational Ready Work Hard
I want to be remembered as someone who was sincere. Even if I made mistakes, they were made in sincerity. If I was wrong, I was wrong in sincerity.
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Deep Mistake Remember Sincere Want Wrong
You can’t hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree.
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Deep Hate Racism Root Tree
Education is the means to help our children and thereby increase self-respect.
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Children Education Help Increase Self Respect
To have once been a criminal is no disgrace. To remain a criminal is the disgrace.
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Crime Disgrace
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
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
Hatred and anger are powerless when met with kindness.
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Anger Hatred Inspirational Kindness Meet Power
Reform is for people who have government connections, revolution is for the people!
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Connection Government People Revolution
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
The media’s the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that’s power. Because they control the minds of the masses.
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Control Earth Entity Guilty Innocent Mass Media Mind Power Powerful
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

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