A race of people is like and individual man; until it uses its own talent, takes pride in its own history, expresses its own culture, affirms its own selfhood, it can never fulfill itself.
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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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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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 have more respect for a man who lets me know where he stands, even if he’s wrong, than the one who comes up like an angel and is nothing but a devil.
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We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves.
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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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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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Everybody shall be accepted no matter what they stand for, you are not always going to agree on their faith.
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If someone puts their hands on you make sure they never put their hands on anybody else again.
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We are non-violent with people who are non-violent with us.
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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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If you don’t stand for something you will fall for anything.
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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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In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure.
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People don’t realize how a man’s whole life can be changed by one book.
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Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you’re a man, you take it.
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