The mental flexibility of the wise man permits him to keep an open mind and enables him to readjust himself whenever it becomes necessary for a change.
MALCOLM XHistory is a people’s memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves.
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Everybody shall be accepted no matter what they stand for, you are not always going to agree on their faith.
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Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.
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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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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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Our objective is complete freedom, justice and equality by any means necessary.
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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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I want to be remembered as someone who was sincere. Even if I made mistakes, they were made in sincerity. If I was wrong, I was wrong in sincerity.
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To have once been a criminal is no disgrace. To remain a criminal is the disgrace.
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Hatred and anger are powerless when met with kindness.
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Culture is an indispensable weapon in the freedom struggle.
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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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You show me a capitalist, and I’ll show you a bloodsucker.
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Policies change, and programs change, according to time but objective never changes.
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Revolutions overturn systems. Revolutions destroy systems.
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Anytime you find someone more successful than you are, especially when you’re both engaged in the same business – you know they’re doing something that you aren’t.
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If you have a dog, I must have a dog. If you have a rifle, I must have a rifle. If you have a club, I must have a club. This is equality.
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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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I don’t even call it violence when it’s in self defense; I call it intelligence.
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The mother is the first teacher of the child. The message she gives that child, that child gives to the world.
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We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love, love creates patience, and patience creates unity.
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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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People don’t realize how a man’s whole life can be changed by one book.
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One day, may we all meet together in the light of understanding.
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Education is the means to help our children and thereby increase self-respect.
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I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.
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