Read absolutely everything you get your hands on because you’ll never know where you’ll get an idea from.
MALCOLM XYou can’t hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.
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You 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.
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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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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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There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.
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Only those who have already experienced a revolution within themselves can reach out effectively to help others.
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You show me a capitalist, and I’ll show you a bloodsucker.
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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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Hatred and anger are powerless when met with kindness.
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History is a people’s memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals.
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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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We’re all in the same boat and we all are going to catch the same hell from the same man.
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You and I have never seen democracy; all we’ve seen is hypocrisy.
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The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.
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We are non-violent with people who are non-violent with us.
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