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.
MALCOLM XI’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.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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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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You and I have never seen democracy; all we’ve seen is hypocrisy.
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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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Just as a tree without roots is dead, a people without history or cultural roots also becomes a dead people.
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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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Stumbling is not falling.
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Revolutions are never peaceful.
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How can anyone be against love?
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All over this world people are standing up for freedom.
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To have once been a criminal is no disgrace. To remain a criminal is the disgrace.
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If not now then when, if not me then who?
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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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The ability to read awoke inside of me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.
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Learn to see, listen, and think for yourself.
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And just because you have colleges and universities doesn’t mean you have education.
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