People don’t realize how a man’s whole life can be changed by one book.
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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Culture is an indispensable weapon in the freedom struggle.
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We are non-violent with people who are non-violent with us.
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Education is an important element in the struggle for human rights.
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The only thing power respects, is power.
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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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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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History is a people’s memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals.
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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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The only way we’ll get freedom for ourselves is to identify ourselves with every oppressed people in the world.
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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 think that the best thing that a person can be is sincere.
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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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If you’re not ready to die for it, take the word ‘freedom’ out of your vocabulary.
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Our objective is complete freedom, justice and equality by any means necessary.
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There can be no black-white unity until there is first some black unity.
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We’re all in the same boat and we all are going to catch the same hell from the same man.
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You show me a capitalist, and I’ll show you a bloodsucker.
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To me, the thing that is worse than death is betrayal. I could conceive death, but I could not conceive betrayal.
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Learn to see, listen, and think for yourself.
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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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Stumbling is not falling.
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Respect me, or put me to death.
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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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Of all our studies, history is best qualified to reward our research.
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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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It’s liberty or it’s death. It’s freedom for everybody or freedom for nobody.
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