I don’t even call it violence when it’s in self defense; I call it intelligence.
MALCOLM XA 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.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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Anytime you find someone more successful than you are, especially when you’re both engaged in the same business – you know they’re doing something that you aren’t.
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Of all our studies, history is best qualified to reward our research.
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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.
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The ability to read awoke inside of me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.
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We are non-violent with people who are non-violent with us.
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Those who would hunt a man need to remember that a jungle also contains those who hunt the hunters.
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Usually when people are sad, they don’t do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.
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Only those who have already experienced a revolution within themselves can reach out effectively to help others.
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Education is an important element in the struggle for human rights.
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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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One day, may we all meet together in the light of understanding.
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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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Policies change, and programs change, according to time but objective never changes.
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We’re all in the same boat and we all are going to catch the same hell from the same man.
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