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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.

Malcolm X

Just as a tree without roots is dead, a people without history or cultural roots also becomes a dead people.
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Culture Dead History People Root Tree
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
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
So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.
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Accomplishment Inspirational Learning Life Noise Want Work Hard
Policies change, and programs change, according to time but objective never changes.
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According Change Objective Politics Program
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
It’s liberty or it’s death. It’s freedom for everybody or freedom for nobody.
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Death Freedom Liberty
If you have no critics you’ll likely have no success.
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Criticism Freedom Inspirational Success
You and I have never seen democracy; all we’ve seen is hypocrisy.
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Democracy Politics
You can’t hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree.
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Deep Hate Racism Root Tree
Sometimes you have to pick the gun up to put the Gun down.
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Gun Peace Struggle Violence War
You get your freedom by letting your enemy know that you’ll do anything to get it. Then you’ll get it. It’s the only way you’ll get it.
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Business Enemy Freedom Success Work Hard
All over this world people are standing up for freedom.
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Freedom People Stand World
Reform is for people who have government connections, revolution is for the people!
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Connection Government People Revolution
And just because you have colleges and universities doesn’t mean you have education.
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College Education Inspirational Learning University
There can be no black-white unity until there is first some black unity.
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Black Black Lives Matter Unity White

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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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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