You don’t have to be a man to fight for freedom. All you have to do is to be an intelligent human being.
MALCOLM XThe media’s the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that’s power. Because they control the minds of the masses.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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Ignorance of each other is what has made unity impossible in the past.
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In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure.
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Sometimes you have to pick the gun up to put the Gun down.
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One day, may we all meet together in the light of understanding.
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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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You and I have never seen democracy; all we’ve seen is hypocrisy.
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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 can’t hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree.
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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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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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As long as you are convinced you have never done anything, you can never do anything.
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Education is an important element in the struggle for human rights.
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We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves.
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In fact, once he is motivated no one can change more completely than the man who has been at the bottom. I call myself the best example of that.
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To me, the thing that is worse than death is betrayal. I could conceive death, but I could not conceive betrayal.
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