The only persons who really changed history are those who changed men’s thinking about themselves.
MALCOLM XThe only persons who really changed history are those who changed men’s thinking about themselves.
MALCOLM XYou and I have never seen democracy; all we’ve seen is hypocrisy.
MALCOLM XEducation is the means to help our children and thereby increase self-respect.
MALCOLM XBe peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.
MALCOLM XI don’t advocate violence; but if a man steps on my toes, I’ll step on his.
MALCOLM XThere can be no black-white unity until there is first some black unity.
MALCOLM XAs long as you are convinced you have never done anything, you can never do anything.
MALCOLM XJust as a tree without roots is dead, a people without history or cultural roots also becomes a dead people.
MALCOLM XYou’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.
MALCOLM XIgnorance of each other is what has made unity impossible in the past.
MALCOLM XTo have once been a criminal is no disgrace. To remain a criminal is the disgrace.
MALCOLM XEducation is the means to help our children and thereby increase self-respect.
MALCOLM XOnly those who have already experienced a revolution within themselves can reach out effectively to help others.
MALCOLM XYou get your freedom by letting your enemy know that you’ll do anything to get it. Then you’ll get it. It’s the only way you’ll get it.
MALCOLM XWhen ‘I’ replaced with ‘We’, even the illness becomes wellness.
MALCOLM XHistory is a people’s memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals.
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