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.
MALCOLM XThe mother is the first teacher of the child. The message she gives that child, that child gives to the world.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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How can anyone be against love?
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I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.
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You and I have never seen democracy; all we’ve seen is hypocrisy.
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If you’re not ready to die for it, take the word ‘freedom’ out of your vocabulary.
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In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure.
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The media’s the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that’s power. Because they control the minds of the masses.
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Usually when people are sad, they don’t do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.
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If 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.
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How 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?
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Ignorance of each other is what has made unity impossible in the past.
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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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We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love, love creates patience, and patience creates unity.
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Our objective is complete freedom, justice and equality by any means necessary.
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The mental flexibility of the wise man permits him to keep an open mind and enables him to readjust himself whenever it becomes necessary for a change.
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Stumbling is not falling.
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