If you’re not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.
MALCOLM XThere is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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Anytime you have to rely upon your enemy for a job you’re in bad shape.
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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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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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Respect me, or put me to death.
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Truth is on the side of the oppressed.
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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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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.
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Reform is for people who have government connections, revolution is for the people!
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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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All over this world people are standing up for freedom.
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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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Reading has changed the course of my life radically. I did not aim behind it to gain any certificates to improve my position. Rather, I wanted to live intellectually.
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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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Learn to see, listen, and think for yourself.
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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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