We are non-violent with people who are non-violent with us.
MALCOLM XHence 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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As long as you are convinced you have never done anything, you can never do anything.
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I don’t even call it violence when it’s in self defense; I call it intelligence.
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If you don’t stand for something you will fall for anything.
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History is a people’s memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals.
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To have once been a criminal is no disgrace. To remain a criminal is the disgrace.
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I don’t advocate violence; but if a man steps on my toes, I’ll step on his.
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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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The only persons who really changed history are those who changed men’s thinking about themselves.
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You can’t have capitalism without racism.
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If not now then when, if not me then who?
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Reading has changed the course of my life radically. I did not aim behind it to gain any certificates to improve my position. Rather, I wanted to live intellectually.
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If someone puts their hands on you make sure they never put their hands on anybody else again.
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We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love, love creates patience, and patience creates unity.
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Some things are better done than said.
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Stumbling is not falling.
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