You don't have to be a man to fight for freedom. All you have to do is to be an intelligent human being.

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If you're not ready to die for it, put the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary.

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Without education, you are not going anywhere in this world.

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Nonviolence is fine as long as it works.

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There is no more apartheid in South Africa than in the United States.

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No, we are not anti-white. But we don't have time for the white man. The white man is on top already, the white man is the boss already... He has first-class citizenship already. So you are wasting your time talking to the white man. We are working on our own people.

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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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The Negro revolution is controlled by foxy white liberals, by the Government itself. But the Black Revolution is controlled only by God.

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I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it's for or against.

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You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it.

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