And when I speak, I don't speak as a Democrat. Or a Republican. Nor an American. I speak as a victim of America's so-called democracy. You and I have never seen democracy - all we've seen is hypocrisy. When we open our eyes today and look around America, we see America not through the eyes of someone who has enjoyed the fruits of Americanism. We see America through the eyes of someone who has been the victim of Americanism. We don't see any American dream. We've experienced only the American nightmare. Malcolm X
If you truly want to be respected by people you love, you must prove to them that you can survive without them.
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Michael Bassey Johnson
Better to die fighting for freedom then be a prisoner all the days of your life.
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Bob Marley
What are you thinking?" he asks. I know Gage hates it when I cry - he is completely undone by the sight of tears - so I blink hard against the sting. "I'm thinking how thankful I am for everything, " I say, "even the...
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Lisa Kleypas
Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty.
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Thomas Jefferson
A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government
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More Quotes By Malcolm X
People don't realize how a man's whole life can be changed by one book.
So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.
You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.
You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a bloodsucker
The only way we'll get freedom for ourselves is to identify ourselves with every oppressed people in the world. We are blood brothers to the people of Brazil, Venezuela, Haiti, Cuba -- yes Cuba too.
