I don’t even call it violence when it’s in self defense; I call it intelligence.
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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You’re not to be so blind with patriotism that you can’t face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.
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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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You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.
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Reading 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.
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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 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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A man who believes in freedom will do anything under the sun to acquire, or preserve his freedom.
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Only a fool would let his enemy teach his children.
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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.
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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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Reform is for people who have government connections, revolution is for the people!
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Usually when people are sad, they don’t do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.
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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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Hatred and anger are powerless when met with kindness.
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The price of freedom is death.
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