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.
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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History is a people’s memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals.
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The mother is the first teacher of the child. The message she gives that child, that child gives to the world.
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Only a fool would let his enemy teach his children.
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One day, may we all meet together in the light of understanding.
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Ignorance of each other is what has made unity impossible in the past.
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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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Those who would hunt a man need to remember that a jungle also contains those who hunt the hunters.
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Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.
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As long as you are convinced you have never done anything, you can never do anything.
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There can be no black-white unity until there is first some black unity.
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Usually 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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Truth is on the side of the oppressed.
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It’s liberty or it’s death. It’s freedom for everybody or freedom for nobody.
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Of all our studies, history is best qualified to reward our research.
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If someone puts their hands on you make sure they never put their hands on anybody else again.
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