The 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.
MALCOLM XIn all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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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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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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Truth is on the side of the oppressed.
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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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Concerning non-violence: it is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks.
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Stumbling is not falling.
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We are non-violent with people who are non-violent with us.
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I think that the best thing that a person can be is sincere.
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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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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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If someone puts their hands on you make sure they never put their hands on anybody else again.
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The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.
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Who taught you to hate yourself?
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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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Anytime you have to rely upon your enemy for a job you’re in bad shape.
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