To 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.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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People don’t realize how a man’s whole life can be changed by one book.
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Mankind’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.
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Those who would hunt a man need to remember that a jungle also contains those who hunt the hunters.
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Anytime you find someone more successful than you are, especially when you’re both engaged in the same business – you know they’re doing something that you aren’t.
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History is a people’s memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals.
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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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Reform is for people who have government connections, revolution is for the people!
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I want to be remembered as someone who was sincere. Even if I made mistakes, they were made in sincerity. If I was wrong, I was wrong in sincerity.
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And just because you have colleges and universities doesn’t mean you have education.
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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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Hence I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people, and then penalize them for not being able to stand up under the weight.
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The ability to read awoke inside of me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.
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In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure.
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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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Education is an important element in the struggle for human rights.
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