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

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

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

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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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