Truth is on the side of the oppressed.
MALCOLM XTruth is on the side of the oppressed.
MALCOLM XOne day, may we all meet together in the light of understanding.
MALCOLM XStumbling is not falling.
MALCOLM XYou can’t hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree.
MALCOLM XIf you’re not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.
MALCOLM XI believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color.
MALCOLM XAs long as you are convinced you have never done anything, you can never do anything.
MALCOLM XHistory is a people’s memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals.
MALCOLM XHatred and anger are powerless when met with kindness.
MALCOLM XJust as a tree without roots is dead, a people without history or cultural roots also becomes a dead people.
MALCOLM XThe only thing power respects, is power.
MALCOLM XWhen ‘I’ replaced with ‘We’, even the illness becomes wellness.
MALCOLM XA 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 XEducation is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.
MALCOLM XPolicies change, and programs change, according to time but objective never changes.
MALCOLM XIf not now then when, if not me then who?
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