Hatred and anger are powerless when met with kindness.
MALCOLM XThe greatest mistake of the movement has been trying to organize a sleeping people around specific goals. You have to wake the people up first, then you’ll get action.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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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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If you’re not ready to die for it, take the word ‘freedom’ out of your vocabulary.
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You don’t have to be a man to fight for freedom. All you have to do is to be an intelligent human being.
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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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We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love, love creates patience, and patience creates unity.
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I think that the best thing that a person can be is sincere.
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Reform is for people who have government connections, revolution is for the people!
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You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.
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The greatest mistake of the movement has been trying to organize a sleeping people around specific goals. You have to wake the people up first, then you’ll get action.
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Reading has changed the course of my life radically. I did not aim behind it to gain any certificates to improve my position. Rather, I wanted to live intellectually.
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We are non-violent with people who are non-violent with us.
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Education is an important element in the struggle for human rights.
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Ignorance of each other is what has made unity impossible in the past.
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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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I don’t even call it violence when it’s in self defense; I call it intelligence.
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