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.
MALCOLM XIf 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.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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A race of people is like and individual man; until it uses its own talent, takes pride in its own history, expresses its own culture, affirms its own selfhood, it can never fulfill itself.
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It is only after the deepest darkness that the greatest light can come; it is only after extreme grief that the greatest joy can come.
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We are non-violent with people who are non-violent with us.
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You get your freedom by letting your enemy know that you’ll do anything to get it. Then you’ll get it. It’s the only way you’ll get it.
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You show me a capitalist, and I’ll show you a bloodsucker.
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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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Revolutions are never peaceful.
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Of all our studies, history is best qualified to reward our research.
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Hence 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.
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I think that the best thing that a person can be is sincere.
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Hatred and anger are powerless when met with kindness.
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Sometimes you have to pick the gun up to put the Gun down.
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Some things are better done than said.
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Everybody shall be accepted no matter what they stand for, you are not always going to agree on their faith.
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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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