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.
MALCOLM XIn fact, once he is motivated no one can change more completely than the man who has been at the bottom. I call myself the best example of that.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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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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Anytime you have to rely upon your enemy for a job you’re in bad shape.
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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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Reform is for people who have government connections, revolution is for the people!
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The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.
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Of all our studies, history is best qualified to reward our research.
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If you don’t stand for something you will fall for anything.
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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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History is a people’s memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals.
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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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Some things are better done than said.
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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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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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If you have no critics you’ll likely have no success.
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Education is an important element in the struggle for human rights.
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