Malcolm X on change
Malcolm X106 quotes“In 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.”
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To me, the thing that is worse than death is betrayal. I could conceive death, but I could not conceive betrayal.
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Malcolm XMalcolm X The ability to read awoke inside of me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.
Malcolm XMalcolm X I have more respect for a man who lets me know where he stands, even if he’s wrong, than the one who comes up like an angel and is nothing but a devil.
Malcolm XMalcolm X 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.
Malcolm XMalcolm X Human rights are something you were born with. Human rights are your God-given rights. Human rights are the rights that are recognized by all nations of this earth.
Malcolm XMalcolm X Stumbling is not falling.
Malcolm XMalcolm X 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 XMalcolm X Our objective is complete freedom, justice and equality by any means necessary.
Malcolm XMalcolm X Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.
Malcolm XMalcolm X Of all our studies, history is best qualified to reward our research.
Malcolm XMalcolm X All over this world people are standing up for freedom.
Malcolm XMalcolm X How can anyone be against love?
Malcolm XMalcolm X 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.
Malcolm XMalcolm X Just as a tree without roots is dead, a people without history or cultural roots also becomes a dead people.
Malcolm XMalcolm X You can’t hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree.
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