You can’t hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree.
MALCOLM XSometimes you have to pick the gun up to put the Gun down.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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The only persons who really changed history are those who changed men’s thinking about themselves.
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You show me a capitalist, and I’ll show you a bloodsucker.
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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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I’m sorry to say that the subject I most disliked was mathematics. I have thought about it. I think the reason was that mathematics leaves no room for argument. If you made a mistake, that was all there was to it.
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Learn to see, listen, and think for yourself.
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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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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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Anytime you have to rely upon your enemy for a job you’re in bad shape.
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You’re not to be so blind with patriotism that you can’t face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.
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I’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.
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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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Education is an important element in the struggle for human rights.
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I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color.
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If you have a dog, I must have a dog. If you have a rifle, I must have a rifle. If you have a club, I must have a club. This is equality.
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My sincerity is my credentials.
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