Read absolutely everything you get your hands on because you’ll never know where you’ll get an idea from.
MALCOLM XRead absolutely everything you get your hands on because you’ll never know where you’ll get an idea from.
MALCOLM XSo early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.
MALCOLM XThe price of freedom is death.
MALCOLM XThe ability to read awoke inside of me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.
MALCOLM XRevolutions overturn systems. Revolutions destroy systems.
MALCOLM XThe mother is the first teacher of the child. The message she gives that child, that child gives to the world.
MALCOLM XI don’t advocate violence; but if a man steps on my toes, I’ll step on his.
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.
MALCOLM XIgnorance of each other is what has made unity impossible in the past.
MALCOLM XOf all our studies, history is best qualified to reward our research.
MALCOLM XChildren have a lesson adults should learn, to not be ashamed of failing, but to get up and try again.
MALCOLM XMankind’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 XRespect me, or put me to death.
MALCOLM XIt’s liberty or it’s death. It’s freedom for everybody or freedom for nobody.
MALCOLM XI think that the best thing that a person can be is sincere.
MALCOLM XLearn to see, listen, and think for yourself.
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