Mankind’s history has proved from one era to another that the true criterion of leadership is spiritual. Men are attracted by spirit. By power, men are forced. Love is engendered by spirit. By power anxieties are created.
MALCOLM XMankind’s history has proved from one era to another that the true criterion of leadership is spiritual. Men are attracted by spirit. By power, men are forced. Love is engendered by spirit. By power anxieties are created.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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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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You can’t hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree.
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I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color.
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The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.
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If you have no critics you’ll likely have no success.
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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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Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.
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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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The only persons who really changed history are those who changed men’s thinking about themselves.
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People don’t realize how a man’s whole life can be changed by one book.
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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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Human rights are something you were born with. Human rights are your God-given rights. Human rights are the rights that are recognized by all nations of this earth.
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The only way we’ll get freedom for ourselves is to identify ourselves with every oppressed people in the world.
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My sincerity is my credentials.
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