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I am for violence if non-violence means we continue postponing a solution to the american black man's problem just to avoid violence.
-Malcolm X
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I Am For Violence If Non-violence Means

Malcolm X
I am for violence if non-violence means we continue postponing a solution to the american black man's problem just to avoid violence.
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