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X Is Not My Real Name. But If You Study History, You'll Find Why No Black Man In The Western Hemisphere Knows His Real Name. Some Of His Ancestors Kidnapped Our Ancestors From Africa And Took Us Into The Western Hemisphere And Sold Us There, And Our Names Were Stripped From Us And So Today We Don't Know Who We Really Are. I Am One Of Those Who Admit It, And So I Just Put X Up There To Keep From Wearing His Name.

A Ballot Is Like A Bullet. You Don't Throw Your Ballots Until You See A Target, And If That Target Is Not Within Your Reach, Keep Your Ballot In Your Pocket.

The Same Rebellion, The Same Impatience, The Same Anger That Exists In The Hearts Of The Dark People In Africa And Asia Is Existing In The Hearts And Minds Of 20 Million Black People In This Country Who Have Been Just As Thoroughly Colonized As The People In Africa And Asia.

I Want To Be Remembered As Someone Who Was Sincere. Even If I Made Mistakes, They Were Made In Sincerity. If I Was Wrong, I Was Wrong In Sincerity.

[black Nationalism] Is Not Designed To Make The Black Man Reevaluate The White Man--you Know Him Already--but To Make The Black Man Re-evaluate Himself. Don't Change The White Man's Mind; You Can't Change His Mind. And That Whole Thing About Appealing To The Moral Conscience Of America--america's Conscience Is Bankrupt.