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We declare our right on this earth...to be a human being, to be respected as a human being, to be given the rights of a human being in this society, on this earth, in this day, which we intend to bring into existence by any means necessary.

Malcolm X

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Malcolm X
Age: 39 †
Born: 1925
Born: May 19
Died: 1965
Died: February 21
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If [politician] is not fulfilling his function, they then can set up the machinery to remove him from that position by whatever means necessary.
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The white man is by nature a devil and must be destroyed.
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Whenever any group can vote in a bloc, and decide the outcome of elections, and it fails to do this, then that group is politically sick.
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Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.
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My faith in God is such that I am not afraid.
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They call me a teacher, a fomenter of violence. I would say point blank, That is a lie. I'm not for wanton violence, I'm for justice.
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The mother is the first teacher of the child. The message she gives that child, that child gives to the world.
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