Just as a tree without roots is dead, a people without history or cultural roots also becomes a dead people.
MALCOLM XReading has changed the course of my life radically. I did not aim behind it to gain any certificates to improve my position. Rather, I wanted to live intellectually.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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Those who would hunt a man need to remember that a jungle also contains those who hunt the hunters.
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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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Education is an important element in the struggle for human rights.
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Only a fool would let his enemy teach his children.
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In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure.
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I’m sorry to say that the subject I most disliked was mathematics. I have thought about it. I think the reason was that mathematics leaves no room for argument. If you made a mistake, that was all there was to it.
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As long as you are convinced you have never done anything, you can never do anything.
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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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I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.
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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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Education is an important element in the struggle for human rights.
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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 ability to read awoke inside of me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.
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One day, may we all meet together in the light of understanding.
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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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