You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.
MALCOLM XTo have once been a criminal is no disgrace. To remain a criminal is the disgrace.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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You’re not to be so blind with patriotism that you can’t face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.
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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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If someone puts their hands on you make sure they never put their hands on anybody else again.
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You show me a capitalist, and I’ll show you a bloodsucker.
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I believe in the brotherhood of man, all men, but I don’t believe in brotherhood with anybody who doesn’t want brotherhood with me.
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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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Only those who have already experienced a revolution within themselves can reach out effectively to help others.
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The only persons who really changed history are those who changed men’s thinking about themselves.
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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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Reform is for people who have government connections, revolution is for the people!
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All of our experiences fuse into our personality. Everything that ever happened to us is an ingredient.
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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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I don’t advocate violence; but if a man steps on my toes, I’ll step on his.
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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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Culture is an indispensable weapon in the freedom struggle.
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