We won't organize any black man to be a Democrat or a Republican because both of them have sold us out. Both of them have sold us out; both parties have sold us out. Both parties are racist, and the Democratic Party is more racist than the Republican Party.

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

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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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Nonviolence is fine as long as it works.

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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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There is no better teacher than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.

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

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The White man pays Reverend Martin Luther King so that Martin Luther King can keep the Negro defenseless.

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