The only way we’ll get freedom for ourselves is to identify ourselves with every oppressed people in the world.
MALCOLM XThe only persons who really changed history are those who changed men’s thinking about themselves.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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Concerning non-violence: it is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks.
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As long as you are convinced you have never done anything, you can never do anything.
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Sometimes you have to pick the gun up to put the Gun down.
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You don’t have to be a man to fight for freedom. All you have to do is to be an intelligent human being.
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Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.
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The price of freedom is death.
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People don’t realize how a man’s whole life can be changed by one book.
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You and I have never seen democracy; all we’ve seen is hypocrisy.
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I believe in the brotherhood of man, all men, but I don’t believe in brotherhood with anybody who doesn’t want brotherhood with me.
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Truth is on the side of the oppressed.
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I believe in a religion that believes in freedom. Any time I have to accept a religion that won’t let me fight a battle for my people, I say to hell with that religion.
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Children have a lesson adults should learn, to not be ashamed of failing, but to get up and try again.
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I have more respect for a man who lets me know where he stands, even if he’s wrong, than the one who comes up like an angel and is nothing but a devil.
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If you have a dog, I must have a dog. If you have a rifle, I must have a rifle. If you have a club, I must have a club. This is equality.
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Culture is an indispensable weapon in the freedom struggle.
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