We cannot ask people to be nonviolent unless we are also goi... - Stokely Carmichael

This quote is attributed to Stokely Carmichael.

"We cannot ask people to be nonviolent unless we are also going to be nonviolent with them."

Stokely Carmichael Peace

Civil Rights Leader, Activist Trinidadian-American 1941–1998

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"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence of people is an act of rebellion."

"We are going to initiate a plan to get rid of every Black man and woman in this country."

"Don't beg for your rights, take them."

"Black is beautiful."

"Peace comes from a good conscience."

"Life is too short to hold grudges."

"A man's home is his sanctuary. It should be treated as such."

"The world is chaotic enough. At least your home should make sense."