Truth is on the side of the oppressed.
MALCOLM XI don’t advocate violence; but if a man steps on my toes, I’ll step on his.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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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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I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I’m a human being, first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.
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Hence I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people, and then penalize them for not being able to stand up under the weight.
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The only thing power respects, is power.
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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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Culture is an indispensable weapon in the freedom struggle.
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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.
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A man who believes in freedom will do anything under the sun to acquire, or preserve his freedom.
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To have once been a criminal is no disgrace. To remain a criminal is the disgrace.
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You can’t hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree.
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When ‘I’ replaced with ‘We’, even the illness becomes wellness.
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Revolution is based on land. Land is the basis of all independence. Land is the basis of freedom, justice, and equality.
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Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you’re a man, you take it.
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In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure.
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The mother is the first teacher of the child. The message she gives that child, that child gives to the world.
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