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.
MALCOLM XThe only way we’ll get freedom for ourselves is to identify ourselves with every oppressed people in the world.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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The ability to read awoke inside of me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.
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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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If you’re not ready to die for it, take the word ‘freedom’ out of your vocabulary.
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My sincerity is my credentials.
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In fact, once he is motivated no one can change more completely than the man who has been at the bottom. I call myself the best example of that.
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How can you thank a man for giving you what’s already yours? How then can you thank him for giving you only part of what is yours?
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Anytime you have to rely upon your enemy for a job you’re in bad shape.
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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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Of all our studies, history is best qualified to reward our research.
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So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.
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You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.
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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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In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure.
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Respect me, or put me to death.
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