I’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 XIf not now then when, if not me then who?
More Malcolm X Quotes
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It’s liberty or it’s death. It’s freedom for everybody or freedom for nobody.
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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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You show me a capitalist, and I’ll show you a bloodsucker.
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Reform is for people who have government connections, revolution is for the people!
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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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Anytime you have to rely upon your enemy for a job you’re in bad shape.
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In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure.
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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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History is a people’s memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals.
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Concerning non-violence: it is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks.
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My sincerity is my credentials.
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I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.
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Learn to see, listen, and think for yourself.
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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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I don’t even call it violence when it’s in self defense; I call it intelligence.
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