To me, the thing that is worse than death is betrayal. I could conceive death, but I could not conceive betrayal.
MALCOLM XAs long as you are convinced you have never done anything, you can never do anything.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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Who taught you to hate yourself?
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The price of freedom is death.
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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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Children have a lesson adults should learn, to not be ashamed of failing, but to get up and try again.
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Concerning non-violence: it is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks.
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To have once been a criminal is no disgrace. To remain a criminal is the disgrace.
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All of our experiences fuse into our personality. Everything that ever happened to us is an ingredient.
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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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You can’t hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree.
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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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You show me a capitalist, and I’ll show you a bloodsucker.
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The mental flexibility of the wise man permits him to keep an open mind and enables him to readjust himself whenever it becomes necessary for a change.
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If you’re not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.
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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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If not now then when, if not me then who?
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