The ability to read awoke inside of me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.
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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Revolutions are never peaceful.
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Culture is an indispensable weapon in the freedom struggle.
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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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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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The only way we’ll get freedom for ourselves is to identify ourselves with every oppressed people in the world.
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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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Hatred and anger are powerless when met with kindness.
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Reform is for people who have government connections, revolution is for the people!
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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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Those who would hunt a man need to remember that a jungle also contains those who hunt the hunters.
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Education is an important element in the struggle for human rights.
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Who taught you to hate yourself?
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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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Education is an important element in the struggle for human rights.
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The media’s the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that’s power. Because they control the minds of the masses.
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The only thing power respects, is power.
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I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.
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Revolutions overturn systems. Revolutions destroy systems.
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There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.
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Culture is an indispensable weapon in the freedom struggle.
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Everybody shall be accepted no matter what they stand for, you are not always going to agree on their faith.
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Stumbling is not falling.
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In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure.
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We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love, love creates patience, and patience creates unity.
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Only those who have already experienced a revolution within themselves can reach out effectively to help others.
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When ‘I’ replaced with ‘We’, even the illness becomes wellness.
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