Those who would hunt a man need to remember that a jungle also contains those who hunt the hunters.
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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I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.
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Who taught you to hate yourself?
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I believe in the brotherhood of man, all men, but I don’t believe in brotherhood with anybody who doesn’t want brotherhood with me.
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Education is an important element in the struggle for human rights.
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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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Read absolutely everything you get your hands on because you’ll never know where you’ll get an idea from.
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So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.
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We are non-violent with people who are non-violent with us.
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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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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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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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If not now then when, if not me then who?
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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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Of all our studies, history is best qualified to reward our research.
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I don’t advocate violence; but if a man steps on my toes, I’ll step on his.
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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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I believe in a religion that believes in freedom. Any time I have to accept a religion that won’t let me fight a battle for my people, I say to hell with that religion.
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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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Hatred and anger are powerless when met with kindness.
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People don’t realize how a man’s whole life can be changed by one book.
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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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You don’t have to be a man to fight for freedom. All you have to do is to be an intelligent human being.
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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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Everybody shall be accepted no matter what they stand for, you are not always going to agree on their faith.
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Anytime you have to rely upon your enemy for a job you’re in bad shape.
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To have once been a criminal is no disgrace. To remain a criminal is the disgrace.
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