The only way we’ll get freedom for ourselves is to identify ourselves with every oppressed people in the world.
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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As long as you are convinced you have never done anything, you can never do anything.
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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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My sincerity is my credentials.
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Culture is an indispensable weapon in the freedom struggle.
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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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Truth is on the side of the oppressed.
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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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To have once been a criminal is no disgrace. To remain a criminal is the disgrace.
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Culture is an indispensable weapon in the freedom struggle.
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How can anyone be against love?
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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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All of our experiences fuse into our personality. Everything that ever happened to us is an ingredient.
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A man who believes in freedom will do anything under the sun to acquire, or preserve his freedom.
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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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I think that the best thing that a person can be is sincere.
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Respect me, or put me to death.
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And just because you have colleges and universities doesn’t mean you have education.
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Learn to see, listen, and think for yourself.
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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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There can be no black-white unity until there is first some black unity.
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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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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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Some things are better done than said.
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Reform is for people who have government connections, revolution is for the people!
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In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure.
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Stumbling is not falling.
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