To me, the thing that is worse than death is betrayal. I could conceive death, but I could not conceive betrayal.
MALCOLM XOur objective is complete freedom, justice and equality by any means necessary.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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When ‘I’ replaced with ‘We’, even the illness becomes wellness.
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We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves.
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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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People don’t realize how a man’s whole life can be changed by one book.
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Anytime you find someone more successful than you are, especially when you’re both engaged in the same business – you know they’re doing something that you aren’t.
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Learn to see, listen, and think for yourself.
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The ability to read awoke inside of me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.
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Concerning non-violence: it is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks.
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The price of freedom is death.
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I believe in a religion that believes in freedom. Any time I have to accept a religion that won’t let me fight a battle for my people, I say to hell with that religion.
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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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Sometimes you have to pick the gun up to put the Gun down.
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Culture is an indispensable weapon in the freedom struggle.
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The only thing power respects, is power.
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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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