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 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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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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Sometimes you have to pick the gun up to put the Gun down.
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In fact, once he is motivated no one can change more completely than the man who has been at the bottom. I call myself the best example of that.
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I think that the best thing that a person can be is sincere.
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The only thing power respects, is power.
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Education is an important element in the struggle for human rights.
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Ignorance of each other is what has made unity impossible in the past.
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A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can’t play the part of a wise man.
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We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves.
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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 ability to read awoke inside of me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.
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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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You can’t have capitalism without racism.
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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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Culture is an indispensable weapon in the freedom struggle.
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