"Respect commands itself and can neither be given nor withheld when it is due."
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"If a man like Malcolm X could change and repudiate racism, if I myself and other former Muslims can change, if young whites can change, then there is hope for America.“
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"History could pass for a scarlet text, its jot and title graven red in human blood."
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"How sweet it is!"
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"We don't believe in rheumatism and true love until after the first attack."
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