You and I have never seen democracy; all we’ve seen is hypocrisy.
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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You can’t hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree.
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Our objective is complete freedom, justice and equality by any means necessary.
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And just because you have colleges and universities doesn’t mean you have education.
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One day, may we all meet together in the light of understanding.
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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 cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves.
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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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The ability to read awoke inside of me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.
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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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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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Education is the means to help our children and thereby increase self-respect.
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Who taught you to hate yourself?
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Just as a tree without roots is dead, a people without history or cultural roots also becomes a dead people.
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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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My sincerity is my credentials.
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We are non-violent with people who are non-violent with us.
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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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Of all our studies, history is best qualified to reward our research.
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The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.
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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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A man who believes in freedom will do anything under the sun to acquire, or preserve his freedom.
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I believe in the brotherhood of man, all men, but I don’t believe in brotherhood with anybody who doesn’t want brotherhood with me.
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Revolutions are never peaceful.
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In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure.
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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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The only thing power respects, is power.
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