Of all our studies, history is best qualified to reward our research.
MALCOLM XSo early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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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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Revolution is based on land. Land is the basis of all independence. Land is the basis of freedom, justice, and equality.
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Learn to see, listen, and think for yourself.
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Only a fool would let his enemy teach his children.
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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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You and I have never seen democracy; all we’ve seen is hypocrisy.
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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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You can’t hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree.
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Only those who have already experienced a revolution within themselves can reach out effectively to help others.
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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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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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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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Reform is for people who have government connections, revolution is for the people!
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Truth is on the side of the oppressed.
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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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