Those who would hunt a man need to remember that a jungle also contains those who hunt the hunters.
MALCOLM XThose who would hunt a man need to remember that a jungle also contains those who hunt the hunters.
MALCOLM XYou can’t hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree.
MALCOLM XCulture is an indispensable weapon in the freedom struggle.
MALCOLM XSometimes you have to pick the gun up to put the Gun down.
MALCOLM XYou show me a capitalist, and I’ll show you a bloodsucker.
MALCOLM XJust as a tree without roots is dead, a people without history or cultural roots also becomes a dead people.
MALCOLM XThe 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 XIf you don’t stand for something you will fall for anything.
MALCOLM XI don’t advocate violence; but if a man steps on my toes, I’ll step on his.
MALCOLM XIf you’re not ready to die for it, take the word ‘freedom’ out of your vocabulary.
MALCOLM XThere 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.
MALCOLM XEducation is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.
MALCOLM XRead absolutely everything you get your hands on because you’ll never know where you’ll get an idea from.
MALCOLM XWe are non-violent with people who are non-violent with us.
MALCOLM XChildren have a lesson adults should learn, to not be ashamed of failing, but to get up and try again.
MALCOLM XUsually when people are sad, they don’t do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.
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