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Before a group can enter the open society, it must first close ranks.

Stokely Carmichael

The philosophers Camus and Sartre raise the question whether or not a man can condemn himself.
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Himself Man Philosophy Raise
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
Our noses are broad, our lips are thick, our hair is nappy-we are black and beautiful!
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Beautiful Black Ourselves
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
Before a group can enter the open society, it must first close ranks.
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Close Open Rank Society
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
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
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
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
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
The masses don’t shed their blood for the benefit of a few individuals.
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Benefit Blood Individual Mass
The first need of a free people is to define their own terms.
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Define Freedom Need Terms
Capitalism is a stupid system, a backward system.
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Capitalism Stupidity System
There is a higher law than the law of government. That’s the law of conscience.
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Conscience Government Law
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
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

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