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.
MALCOLM XIgnorance of each other is what has made unity impossible in the past.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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Culture is an indispensable weapon in the freedom struggle.
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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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Only those who have already experienced a revolution within themselves can reach out effectively to help others.
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Read absolutely everything you get your hands on because you’ll never know where you’ll get an idea from.
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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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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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Children have a lesson adults should learn, to not be ashamed of failing, but to get up and try again.
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The mental flexibility of the wise man permits him to keep an open mind and enables him to readjust himself whenever it becomes necessary for a change.
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Some things are better done than said.
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Education is the means to help our children and thereby increase self-respect.
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Anytime you find someone more successful than you are, especially when you’re both engaged in the same business – you know they’re doing something that you aren’t.
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Respect me, or put me to death.
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You’re not to be so blind with patriotism that you can’t face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.
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My sincerity is my credentials.
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If 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.
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