You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.
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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Hatred and anger are powerless when met with kindness.
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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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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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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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So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.
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There can be no black-white unity until there is first some black unity.
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If you’re not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.
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Truth is on the side of the oppressed.
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If you don’t stand for something you will fall for anything.
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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 an important element in the struggle for human rights.
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One day, may we all meet together in the light of understanding.
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Mankind’s history has proved from one era to another that the true criterion of leadership is spiritual. Men are attracted by spirit. By power, men are forced. Love is engendered by spirit. By power anxieties are created.
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It is only after the deepest darkness that the greatest light can come; it is only after extreme grief that the greatest joy can come.
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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.
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