A race of people is like and individual man; until it uses its own talent, takes pride in its own history, expresses its own culture, affirms its own selfhood, it can never fulfill itself.
MALCOLM X
Hence I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people, and then penalize them for not being able to stand up under the weight.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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A race of people is like and individual man; until it uses its own talent, takes pride in its own history, expresses its own culture, affirms its own selfhood, it can never fulfill itself.
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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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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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Stumbling is not falling.
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To me, the thing that is worse than death is betrayal. I could conceive death, but I could not conceive betrayal.
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A man who believes in freedom will do anything under the sun to acquire, or preserve his freedom.
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Mankind’s history has proved from one era to another that the true criterion of leadership is spiritual. Men are attracted by spirit. By power, men are forced. Love is engendered by spirit. By power anxieties are created.
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The greatest mistake of the movement has been trying to organize a sleeping people around specific goals. You have to wake the people up first, then you’ll get action.
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And just because you have colleges and universities doesn’t mean you have education.
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When ‘I’ replaced with ‘We’, even the illness becomes wellness.
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Sometimes you have to pick the gun up to put the Gun down.
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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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A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can’t play the part of a wise man.
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Of all our studies, history is best qualified to reward our research.
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Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.
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Read absolutely everything you get your hands on because you’ll never know where you’ll get an idea from.
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