Culture is an indispensable weapon in the freedom struggle.
MALCOLM XThe only persons who really changed history are those who changed men’s thinking about themselves.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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I think that the best thing that a person can be is sincere.
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Learn to see, listen, and think for yourself.
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Just as a tree without roots is dead, a people without history or cultural roots also becomes a dead people.
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And just because you have colleges and universities doesn’t mean you have education.
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If you’re not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.
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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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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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How can you thank a man for giving you what’s already yours? How then can you thank him for giving you only part of what is yours?
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If you have a dog, I must have a dog. If you have a rifle, I must have a rifle. If you have a club, I must have a club. This is equality.
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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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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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I believe in the brotherhood of man, all men, but I don’t believe in brotherhood with anybody who doesn’t want brotherhood with me.
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I want to be remembered as someone who was sincere. Even if I made mistakes, they were made in sincerity. If I was wrong, I was wrong in sincerity.
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Hatred and anger are powerless when met with kindness.
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Education is an important element in the struggle for human rights.
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