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.
MALCOLM XEverybody shall be accepted no matter what they stand for, you are not always going to agree on their faith.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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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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Respect me, or put me to death.
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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 media’s the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that’s power. Because they control the minds of the masses.
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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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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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Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you’re a man, you take it.
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I’m sorry to say that the subject I most disliked was mathematics. I have thought about it. I think the reason was that mathematics leaves no room for argument. If you made a mistake, that was all there was to it.
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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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Our objective is complete freedom, justice and equality by any means necessary.
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Policies change, and programs change, according to time but objective never changes.
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Revolution is based on land. Land is the basis of all independence. Land is the basis of freedom, justice, and equality.
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Everybody shall be accepted no matter what they stand for, you are not always going to agree on their faith.
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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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If someone puts their hands on you make sure they never put their hands on anybody else again.
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