I believe in the brotherhood of all men, but I don't believe in wasting brotherhood on anyone who doesn't want to practice it with me. Brotherhood is a two-way street.

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

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America needs to understand Islam, because this is the one religion that erases from its society the race problem. Throughout my travels in the Muslim world, I have met, talked to, even eaten with people who in America would have been considered 'white,' but the 'white' attitude had been removed from their minds by the religion of Islam.

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If you have no critics you'll likely have no success.

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Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it.

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

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I believe in the brotherhood of man, all men, but I don't believe in brotherhood with anybody who doesn't want brotherhood with me. I believe in treating people right, but I'm not going to waste my time trying to treat somebody right who doesn't know how to return the treatment.

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My Alma mater was books, a good library... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.

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

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Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression, because power, real power, comes from our conviction which produces action, uncompromising action.

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