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Stumbling is not falling.

Malcolm X

A race of people is like and individual man; until it uses its own talent, takes pride in its own history, expresses its own culture, affirms its own selfhood, it can never fulfill itself.
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Culture Express Fulfillment History Individual Man People Pride Race Talent
Education is the means to help our children and thereby increase self-respect.
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Children Education Help Increase Self Respect
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
Education is the means to help our children and thereby increase self-respect.
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Children Education Help Increase Self Respect
And just because you have colleges and universities doesn’t mean you have education.
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College Education Inspirational Learning University
Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.
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Courtesy Law Obey Peace Respect Violence
Revolutions overturn systems. Revolutions destroy systems.
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Destroy Revolution System
We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love, love creates patience, and patience creates unity.
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Creation Each Other Inspirational Light Love Need Patience Understand Unity
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
All over this world people are standing up for freedom.
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Freedom People Stand World
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
Sometimes you have to pick the gun up to put the Gun down.
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Gun Peace Struggle Violence War
Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you’re a man, you take it.
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Attitude Equality Freedom Giving Justice Man
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
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
Hence I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people, and then penalize them for not being able to stand up under the weight.
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