If violence is wrong in America, violence is wrong abroad. If it is wrong to be violent defending black women and black children and black babies and black men, then it is wrong for America to draft us, and make…

Quote by Malcolm X

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You don't have to be a man to fight for freedom. All you have to...

You don't have to be a man to fight for freedom. All you have to...

Hatred and anger are powerless when met with kindness

Hatred and anger are powerless when met with kindness

Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If...

Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If...

Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition....

Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition....

Power never takes a back step only in the face of more power.

Power never takes a back step only in the face of more power.

Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression.

Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression.

You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong...

You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong...

Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand...

Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand...

I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such,...

I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such,...

Stumbling is not falling.

Stumbling is not falling.

My alma mater was books, a good library - I could spend the rest of...

My alma mater was books, a good library - I could spend the rest of...

Your anger is like the bubbles in a can of soda. The more youre shaken,...

Your anger is like the bubbles in a can of soda. The more youre shaken,...

I have often reflected upon the new vistas that reading opened to me. I knew...

I have often reflected upon the new vistas that reading opened to me. I knew...

There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own...

There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own...

You can't legislate good will - that comes through education.

You can't legislate good will - that comes through education.

You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a bloodsucker.

You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a bloodsucker.

Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition....

Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition....

A misery is not to be measured from the nature of the evil, but from...

A misery is not to be measured from the nature of the evil, but from...

Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect...

Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect...

Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall.

Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall.