Revolutions are never peaceful.
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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People don’t realize how a man’s whole life can be changed by one book.
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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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We are non-violent with people who are non-violent with us.
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I don’t even call it violence when it’s in self defense; I call it intelligence.
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We’re all in the same boat and we all are going to catch the same hell from the same man.
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To have once been a criminal is no disgrace. To remain a criminal is the disgrace.
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I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I’m a human being, first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.
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History is a people’s memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals.
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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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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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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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Revolution is based on land. Land is the basis of all independence. Land is the basis of freedom, justice, and equality.
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You and I have never seen democracy; all we’ve seen is hypocrisy.
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If you don’t stand for something you will fall for anything.
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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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