The only thing power respects, is power.
MALCOLM XThe only thing power respects, is power.
MALCOLM XOf all our studies, history is best qualified to reward our research.
MALCOLM XThose who would hunt a man need to remember that a jungle also contains those who hunt the hunters.
MALCOLM XHow can anyone be against love?
MALCOLM XYou and I have never seen democracy; all we’ve seen is hypocrisy.
MALCOLM XIf you’re not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.
MALCOLM XI want to be remembered as someone who was sincere. Even if I made mistakes, they were made in sincerity. If I was wrong, I was wrong in sincerity.
MALCOLM XIf you’re not ready to die for it, take the word ‘freedom’ out of your vocabulary.
MALCOLM XUsually 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 XMy sincerity is my credentials.
MALCOLM XPeople don’t realize how a man’s whole life can be changed by one book.
MALCOLM XJust as a tree without roots is dead, a people without history or cultural roots also becomes a dead people.
MALCOLM XI believe in the brotherhood of man, all men, but I don’t believe in brotherhood with anybody who doesn’t want brotherhood with me.
MALCOLM XTo me, the thing that is worse than death is betrayal. I could conceive death, but I could not conceive betrayal.
MALCOLM XHatred and anger are powerless when met with kindness.
MALCOLM XThe greatest mistake of the movement has been trying to organize a sleeping people around specific goals. You have to wake the people up first, then you’ll get action.
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