The ability to read awoke inside of me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.
MALCOLM XSome things are better done than said.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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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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So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.
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I have more respect for a man who lets me know where he stands, even if he’s wrong, than the one who comes up like an angel and is nothing but a devil.
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Hatred and anger are powerless when met with kindness.
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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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One day, may we all meet together in the light of understanding.
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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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Reform is for people who have government connections, revolution is for the people!
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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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In fact, once he is motivated no one can change more completely than the man who has been at the bottom. I call myself the best example of that.
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Everybody shall be accepted no matter what they stand for, you are not always going to agree on their faith.
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If someone puts their hands on you make sure they never put their hands on anybody else again.
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Education is the means to help our children and thereby increase self-respect.
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A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can’t play the part of a wise man.
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Sometimes you have to pick the gun up to put the Gun down.
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