My sincerity is my credentials.
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.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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I don’t advocate violence; but if a man steps on my toes, I’ll step on his.
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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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If someone puts their hands on you make sure they never put their hands on anybody else again.
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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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The only way we’ll get freedom for ourselves is to identify ourselves with every oppressed people in the world.
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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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The mother is the first teacher of the child. The message she gives that child, that child gives to the world.
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Truth is on the side of the oppressed.
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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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The only persons who really changed history are those who changed men’s thinking about themselves.
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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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Respect me, or put me to death.
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The only thing power respects, is power.
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It’s liberty or it’s death. It’s freedom for everybody or freedom for nobody.
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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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Education is an important element in the struggle for human rights.
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Those who would hunt a man need to remember that a jungle also contains those who hunt the hunters.
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The ability to read awoke inside of me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.
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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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I don’t even call it violence when it’s in self defense; I call it intelligence.
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You can’t have capitalism without racism.
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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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So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.
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You show me a capitalist, and I’ll show you a bloodsucker.
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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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