Usually when people are sad, they don’t do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.
MALCOLM XConcerning non-violence: it is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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It’s liberty or it’s death. It’s freedom for everybody or freedom for nobody.
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Who taught you to hate yourself?
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Those who would hunt a man need to remember that a jungle also contains those who hunt the hunters.
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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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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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So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.
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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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I’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.
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Education is an important element in the struggle for human rights.
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Anytime you have to rely upon your enemy for a job you’re in bad shape.
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Culture is an indispensable weapon in the freedom struggle.
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As long as you are convinced you have never done anything, you can never do anything.
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How can anyone be against love?
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You’re not to be so blind with patriotism that you can’t face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.
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I don’t even call it violence when it’s in self defense; I call it intelligence.
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