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The secret of life is to have no fear; it’s the only way to function.

Stokely Carmichael

If a white man wants to lynch me, that’s his problem. If he’s got the power to lynch me, that’s my problem. Racism is not a question of attitude; it’s a question of power.
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Man Oppression Power Problem Question Racism White
Before a group can enter the open society, it must first close ranks.
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Close Open Rank Society
We were aware of the fact that death walks hand in hand with struggle.
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Aware Death Fact Hands Struggle
I usually say I did the best I could with what I had. I have no major regrets.
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Best Content Myself Regret
One of the tragedies of the struggle against racism is that up to now there has been no national organization which could speak to the growing militancy of young black people in the urban ghetto.
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Black National People Struggle Tragedy Young
It is a call for black people in this country to unite, to recognize their heritage, to build a sense of community. It is a call for black people to define their own goals, to lead their own organizations.
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Black Build Community Country Organization People Sense
I maintain that every civil rights bill in this country was passed for white people, not for black people.
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Black Civil Country People Right White
An organization which claims to speak for the needs of a community must speak in the tone of that community.
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Community Need Organization Talk
Capitalism is a stupid system, a backward system.
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Capitalism Stupidity System
Black Power can be clearly defined for those who do not attach the fears of white America to their questions about it.
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Black Define Power Question White
There is a higher law than the law of government. That’s the law of conscience.
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Conscience Government Law
The time for running has come to an end. You tell them white folk in Mississippi that all the scared niggers are dead!
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Death End Run Scare Time
Seems to me that the institutions that function in this country are clearly racist, and that they’re built upon racism.
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Build Country Function Institution Racism
The secret of life is to have no fear; it’s the only way to function.
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Fear Function Life Secret Way
No man can given anybody his freedom.
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Freedom Man
Go home and tell your daughters they are beautiful.
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Beautiful Daughter Home Yourself

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