History is a people’s memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals.
MALCOLM XHistory is a people’s memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals.
MALCOLM XOur objective is complete freedom, justice and equality by any means necessary.
MALCOLM XIf 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.
MALCOLM XI think that the best thing that a person can be is sincere.
MALCOLM XAnytime 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.
MALCOLM XSo early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.
MALCOLM XThe ability to read awoke inside of me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.
MALCOLM XI don’t advocate violence; but if a man steps on my toes, I’ll step on his.
MALCOLM XRevolutions are never peaceful.
MALCOLM XThe only way we’ll get freedom for ourselves is to identify ourselves with every oppressed people in the world.
MALCOLM XHuman rights are something you were born with. Human rights are your God-given rights. Human rights are the rights that are recognized by all nations of this earth.
MALCOLM XYou and I have never seen democracy; all we’ve seen is hypocrisy.
MALCOLM XMy sincerity is my credentials.
MALCOLM XHow 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?
MALCOLM XThe only persons who really changed history are those who changed men’s thinking about themselves.
MALCOLM XCulture is an indispensable weapon in the freedom struggle.
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