Education is an important element in the struggle for human rights.
MALCOLM XTruth is on the side of the oppressed.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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I don’t advocate violence; but if a man steps on my toes, I’ll step on his.
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Truth is on the side of the oppressed.
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Reading has changed the course of my life radically. I did not aim behind it to gain any certificates to improve my position. Rather, I wanted to live intellectually.
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Only a fool would let his enemy teach his children.
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Revolution is based on land. Land is the basis of all independence. Land is the basis of freedom, justice, and equality.
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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.
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Sometimes you have to pick the gun up to put the Gun down.
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We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves.
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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 can’t hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree.
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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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Some things are better done than said.
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I think that the best thing that a person can be is sincere.
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It is only after the deepest darkness that the greatest light can come; it is only after extreme grief that the greatest joy can come.
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You show me a capitalist, and I’ll show you a bloodsucker.
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