We are non-violent with people who are non-violent with us.
MALCOLM XWe are non-violent with people who are non-violent with us.
MALCOLM XEducation is the means to help our children and thereby increase self-respect.
MALCOLM XI’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.
MALCOLM XIn all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure.
MALCOLM XRevolutions overturn systems. Revolutions destroy systems.
MALCOLM XI 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.
MALCOLM XThe mother is the first teacher of the child. The message she gives that child, that child gives to the world.
MALCOLM XOf all our studies, history is best qualified to reward our research.
MALCOLM XA man who believes in freedom will do anything under the sun to acquire, or preserve his freedom.
MALCOLM XAnd just because you have colleges and universities doesn’t mean you have education.
MALCOLM XCulture is an indispensable weapon in the freedom struggle.
MALCOLM XRead absolutely everything you get your hands on because you’ll never know where you’ll get an idea from.
MALCOLM XHence 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.
MALCOLM XChildren have a lesson adults should learn, to not be ashamed of failing, but to get up and try again.
MALCOLM XIf you’re not ready to die for it, take the word ‘freedom’ out of your vocabulary.
MALCOLM XWe cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves.
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