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To me, the thing that is worse than death is betrayal. I could conceive death, but I could not conceive betrayal.

Malcolm X

A man who believes in freedom will do anything under the sun to acquire, or preserve his freedom.
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Acquire Believe Freedom Man Preserve Sun
Learn to see, listen, and think for yourself.
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Inspirational Learning Listen One Liner Thinking Yourself
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
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
Policies change, and programs change, according to time but objective never changes.
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According Change Objective Politics Program
My sincerity is my credentials.
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One Liner Sincere
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
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
In fact, once he is motivated no one can change more completely than the man who has been at the bottom. I call myself the best example of that.
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Change Complete Example Man Motivational Myself Struggle
One day, may we all meet together in the light of understanding.
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Life Light Meet Positive Togetherness Understand
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
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
I don’t even call it violence when it’s in self defense; I call it intelligence.
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Defense Intelligence 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
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’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
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
Culture is an indispensable weapon in the freedom struggle.
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Culture Freedom Indispensable Struggle Weapon
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
The only way we’ll get freedom for ourselves is to identify ourselves with every oppressed people in the world.
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Freedom History Identity Ourselves People Politics World
Education is the means to help our children and thereby increase self-respect.
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Children Education Help Increase Self Respect
Some things are better done than said.
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Done Inspirational Work Hard
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 believe in the brotherhood of man, all men, but I don’t believe in brotherhood with anybody who doesn’t want brotherhood with me.
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Attitude Believe Brotherhood Man Self Respect
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.
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Come Darkness Extreme Grief Joy Light
Respect me, or put me to death.
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Death One Liner Self Respect
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

To me, the thing that is worse than death is betrayal. I could conceive death, but I could not conceive betrayal.

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