The greatest mistake of the movement has been trying to organize a sleeping people around specific goals. You have to wake the people up first, then you’ll get action.
MALCOLM XI could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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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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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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A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can’t play the part of a wise man.
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The only way we’ll get freedom for ourselves is to identify ourselves with every oppressed people in the world.
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In fact, once he is motivated no one can change more completely than the man who has been at the bottom. I call myself the best example of that.
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Hatred and anger are powerless when met with kindness.
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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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In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure.
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If you have no critics you’ll likely have no success.
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We are non-violent with people who are non-violent with us.
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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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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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And just because you have colleges and universities doesn’t mean you have education.
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The only thing power respects, is power.
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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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