I have more respect for a man who lets me know where he stands, even if he’s wrong, than the one who comes up like an angel and is nothing but a devil.
MALCOLM XMy sincerity is my credentials.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you’re a man, you take it.
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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 don’t have to be a man to fight for freedom. All you have to do is to be an intelligent human being.
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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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Culture is an indispensable weapon in the freedom struggle.
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And just because you have colleges and universities doesn’t mean you have education.
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If you’re not ready to die for it, take the word ‘freedom’ out of your vocabulary.
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Hatred and anger are powerless when met with kindness.
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Anytime you find someone more successful than you are, especially when you’re both engaged in the same business – you know they’re doing something that you aren’t.
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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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Children have a lesson adults should learn, to not be ashamed of failing, but to get up and try again.
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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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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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The price of freedom is death.
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If not now then when, if not me then who?
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