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

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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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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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Nonviolence is fine as long as it works.

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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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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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