A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can’t play the part of a wise man.
MALCOLM XAnd just because you have colleges and universities doesn’t mean you have education.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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You get your freedom by letting your enemy know that you’ll do anything to get it. Then you’ll get it. It’s the only way you’ll get it.
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It is only after the deepest darkness that the greatest light can come; it is only after extreme grief that the greatest joy can come.
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Education is an important element in the struggle for human rights.
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My sincerity is my credentials.
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We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves.
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Culture is an indispensable weapon in the freedom struggle.
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Revolutions overturn systems. Revolutions destroy systems.
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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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I don’t advocate violence; but if a man steps on my toes, I’ll step on his.
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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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How can anyone be against love?
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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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Culture is an indispensable weapon in the freedom struggle.
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Respect me, or put me to death.
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Learn to see, listen, and think for yourself.
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