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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.

Malcolm X

Anytime you have to rely upon your enemy for a job you’re in bad shape.
MALCOLM X

Bad Enemy Job Rely Shape
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.
MALCOLM X

Culture Express Fulfillment History Individual Man People Pride Race Talent
Revolutions overturn systems. Revolutions destroy systems.
MALCOLM X

Destroy Revolution System
Those who would hunt a man need to remember that a jungle also contains those who hunt the hunters.
MALCOLM X

Contain Hunt Hunter Jungle Man Remember Revenge
To me, the thing that is worse than death is betrayal. I could conceive death, but I could not conceive betrayal.
MALCOLM X

Betrayal Concieve Death Deep Worse
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.
MALCOLM X

Business Competition Engagement Especially Success
Reform is for people who have government connections, revolution is for the people!
MALCOLM X

Connection Government People Revolution
Revolution is based on land. Land is the basis of all independence. Land is the basis of freedom, justice, and equality.
MALCOLM X

Equality Freedom Independence Justice Land Revolution
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.
MALCOLM X

Black Lives Matter Equality Justice
All of our experiences fuse into our personality. Everything that ever happened to us is an ingredient.
MALCOLM X

Experience Fuse Happen Ingredient Inspirational Personality
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.
MALCOLM X

Business Enemy Freedom Success Work Hard
The only way we’ll get freedom for ourselves is to identify ourselves with every oppressed people in the world.
MALCOLM X

Freedom History Identity Ourselves People Politics World
If you’re not ready to die for it, take the word ‘freedom’ out of your vocabulary.
MALCOLM X

Die Freedom Motivational Ready Work Hard
Sometimes you have to pick the gun up to put the Gun down.
MALCOLM X

Gun Peace Struggle Violence War
Culture is an indispensable weapon in the freedom struggle.
MALCOLM X

Culture Freedom Indispensable Struggle Weapon
Only a fool would let his enemy teach his children.
MALCOLM X

Business Children Enemy Fools Teaching

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