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Capitalism is a stupid system, a backward system.

Stokely Carmichael

Go home and tell your daughters they are beautiful.
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Beautiful Daughter Home Yourself
The philosophers Camus and Sartre raise the question whether or not a man can condemn himself.
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Himself Man Philosophy Raise
There has been only a civil rights movement, whose tone of voice was adapted to an audience of liberal whites.
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Audience Civil Liberty Movement Rights White
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
What a liberal really wants is to bring about change that will not in any way endanger his position.
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Change Himself Liberty Position
We were aware of the fact that death walks hand in hand with struggle.
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Aware Death Fact Hands Struggle
So that the failures to pass a civil rights bill isn’t because of Black Power, isn’t because of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee; it’s not because of the rebellions that are occurring in the major cities.
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City Civil Failure Occur Pass Rebel Right
Capitalism is a stupid system, a backward system.
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Capitalism Stupidity System
We had no more courage than Harriet Tubman or Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy.
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Courage Enemy Time Vulnerable
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
One does not fight to influence change and then leave the change to someone else to bring about.
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Change Fight Influence Oneself
Leaders in Africa are so corrupt that we are certain if we put dogs in uniforms and put guns on their shoulders, we’d be hard put to distinguish them.
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Corruption Dog Leadership Uniform Weapon
Our grandfathers had to run, run, run. My generation’s out of breath. We ain’t running no more.
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Breathe Generation Myself Run
I also know that while I am black I am a human being, and therefore I have the right to go into any public place. White people didn’t know that.Every time I tried to go into a place they stopped me
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Black Known Myself People Place Stop White
Now, then, in order to understand white supremacy we must dismiss the fallacious notion that white people can give anybody their freedom.
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Freedom Order People Understand
Before a group can enter the open society, it must first close ranks.
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Close Open Rank Society

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