Malcolm X on life
Malcolm X106 quotes“One day, may we all meet together in the light of understanding.”
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Stumbling is not falling.
Malcolm XMalcolm X 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 XMalcolm X Our objective is complete freedom, justice and equality by any means necessary.
Malcolm XMalcolm X Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.
Malcolm XMalcolm X Of all our studies, history is best qualified to reward our research.
Malcolm XMalcolm X All over this world people are standing up for freedom.
Malcolm XMalcolm X How can anyone be against love?
Malcolm XMalcolm X Anytime you find someone more successful than you are, especially when you’re both engaged in the same business – you know they’re doing something that you aren’t.
Malcolm XMalcolm X Just as a tree without roots is dead, a people without history or cultural roots also becomes a dead people.
Malcolm XMalcolm X You can’t hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree.
Malcolm XMalcolm X 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.
Malcolm XMalcolm X You can’t have capitalism without racism.
Malcolm XMalcolm X 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.
Malcolm XMalcolm X 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?
Malcolm XMalcolm X We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love, love creates patience, and patience creates unity.
Malcolm XMalcolm X 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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