If you don’t stand for something you will fall for anything.
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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I don’t advocate violence; but if a man steps on my toes, I’ll step on his.
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You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.
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I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I’m a human being, first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.
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If not now then when, if not me then who?
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I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.
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Education is the means to help our children and thereby increase self-respect.
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Respect me, or put me to death.
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Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.
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I’m sorry to say that the subject I most disliked was mathematics. I have thought about it. I think the reason was that mathematics leaves no room for argument. If you made a mistake, that was all there was to it.
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How can you thank a man for giving you what’s already yours? How then can you thank him for giving you only part of what is yours?
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Human rights are something you were born with. Human rights are your God-given rights. Human rights are the rights that are recognized by all nations of this earth.
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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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You get your freedom by letting your enemy know that you’ll do anything to get it. Then you’ll get it. It’s the only way you’ll get it.
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We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves.
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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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