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.
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 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.
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In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure.
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All of our experiences fuse into our personality. Everything that ever happened to us is an ingredient.
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And just because you have colleges and universities doesn’t mean you have education.
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The only persons who really changed history are those who changed men’s thinking about themselves.
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Culture is an indispensable weapon in the freedom struggle.
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Concerning non-violence: it is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks.
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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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Reform is for people who have government connections, revolution is for the people!
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Ignorance of each other is what has made unity impossible in the past.
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You can’t have capitalism without racism.
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Some things are better done than said.
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There can be no black-white unity until there is first some black unity.
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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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Respect me, or put me to death.
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