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.
MALCOLM XA wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can’t play the part of a wise man.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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My sincerity is my credentials.
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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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A man who believes in freedom will do anything under the sun to acquire, or preserve his freedom.
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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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Only a fool would let his enemy teach his children.
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If not now then when, if not me then who?
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I believe in a religion that believes in freedom. Any time I have to accept a religion that won’t let me fight a battle for my people, I say to hell with that religion.
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The only persons who really changed history are those who changed men’s thinking about themselves.
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Learn to see, listen, and think for yourself.
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If you have no critics you’ll likely have no success.
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Truth is on the side of the oppressed.
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There can be no black-white unity until there is first some black unity.
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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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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.
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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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