Education is an important element in the struggle for human rights.
MALCOLM XEducation is an important element in the struggle for human rights.
MALCOLM XHow can you thank a man for giving you what’s already yours? How then can you thank him for giving you only part of what is yours?
MALCOLM XHuman 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 XYou can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.
MALCOLM XStumbling is not falling.
MALCOLM XCulture is an indispensable weapon in the freedom struggle.
MALCOLM XThere is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.
MALCOLM XIf you’re not ready to die for it, take the word ‘freedom’ out of your vocabulary.
MALCOLM XI’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.
MALCOLM XRead absolutely everything you get your hands on because you’ll never know where you’ll get an idea from.
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 XIf not now then when, if not me then who?
MALCOLM XRevolution is based on land. Land is the basis of all independence. Land is the basis of freedom, justice, and equality.
MALCOLM XTo me, the thing that is worse than death is betrayal. I could conceive death, but I could not conceive betrayal.
MALCOLM XI believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color.
MALCOLM XThe mental flexibility of the wise man permits him to keep an open mind and enables him to readjust himself whenever it becomes necessary for a change.
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