"Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery."

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Source : "Message to the Grass Roots" (speech), Detroit, Mich., 10 Nov. 1963

Malcolm X

#Peace Quotes #Hands Quotes #Law Quotes

“It's very hard to self-motivate without someone standing over you snarling, ready to hurl the chalk at your head at the slightest slackening.”
“A people inspired by democracy, human rights and economic opportunity will turn their back decisively against extremism.”

Source : "A Conversation with Benazir Bhutto". Interview with Richard N. Haass, www.cfr.org. August 15, 2007.
“If my salary is taken without my agreement, it is a violation of my rights,”
“I do not choose to be a common manâ€¦it is my right to be uncommonâ€”if I canâ€¦I seek opportunityâ€”not securityâ€¦I want to take the calculated risk; to dream and to build, to fail and to succeedâ€¦ to refuse to barter incentive for a doleâ€¦ I prefer the challenges of life to the guaranteed existence, the thrill of fulfillment to the stale calm of utopiasâ€¦.”
“Maybe weâ€™ll live to see sharks recover. Right now, that seems as improbable as seeing all these falcons. Hope is the ability to see how things could be better. The world of human affairs has long been a shadowy place, but always backlit by the light of hope. Each person can add hope to the world. A resigned person subtracts hope. The more people strive, the more change becomes likely.”
“I don't need the Ballon d'Or to know I'm the best. It matters more to some players”
“A map is the dead body of where you've been. A map is the unborn baby of where you're going. There are no maps. Maps are pictures of what isn't.”
“here was the secret of happiness, about which philosophers had disputed for so many ages, at once discovered; happiness might now be bought for a penny, and carried in the waistcoat-pocket; portable ecstasies might be had corked up in a pint-bottle; and peace of mind could be sent down by the mail.”

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