We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves.
MALCOLM XWho taught you to hate yourself?
More Malcolm X Quotes
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The only thing power respects, is power.
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I believe in a religion that believes in freedom. Any time I have to accept a religion that won’t let me fight a battle for my people, I say to hell with that religion.
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So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.
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Only a fool would let his enemy teach his children.
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The ability to read awoke inside of me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.
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Education is an important element in the struggle for human rights.
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We are non-violent with people who are non-violent with us.
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You show me a capitalist, and I’ll show you a bloodsucker.
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All over this world people are standing up for freedom.
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People don’t realize how a man’s whole life can be changed by one book.
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Revolutions overturn systems. Revolutions destroy systems.
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The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.
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A race of people is like and individual man; until it uses its own talent, takes pride in its own history, expresses its own culture, affirms its own selfhood, it can never fulfill itself.
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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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To me, the thing that is worse than death is betrayal. I could conceive death, but I could not conceive betrayal.
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