Authority Quote by H. Rap Brown

“Being a man is the continuing battle for one's life. One loses a bit of manhood with every stale compromise to the authority of any power in which one does not believe.”

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And understand: class differences will not save you.

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There's no such thing as second class citizenship. That's like telling me you can be a little bit pregnant.

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See, it's no in between: you're either free or you're a slave.

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One of the lies that we tell ourselves is that we're making progress; but Huey's chair's empty.

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I say violence is necessary. Violence is a part of America's culture. It is as American as cherry pie. Americans taught the black people…

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But black people fall for that same argument, and they go around talking about law breakers. We did not make the laws in this…

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My name is Imam Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, the former H. Rap Brown. I am a devoted servant of Allah, and an unwavering devotee to…

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See, justice is a joke in this country, and it stinks of its hypocricy.

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I say violence is necessary. It is as American as cherry pie.

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