Concerning non-violence: it is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks.
MALCOLM XA 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.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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People don’t realize how a man’s whole life can be changed by one book.
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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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Who taught you to hate yourself?
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Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you’re a man, you take it.
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When ‘I’ replaced with ‘We’, even the illness becomes wellness.
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We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love, love creates patience, and patience creates unity.
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If you don’t stand for something you will fall for anything.
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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.
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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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My sincerity is my credentials.
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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 show me a capitalist, and I’ll show you a bloodsucker.
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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.
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If you’re not ready to die for it, take the word ‘freedom’ out of your vocabulary.
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One day, may we all meet together in the light of understanding.
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