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 XRead absolutely everything you get your hands on because you’ll never know where you’ll get an idea from.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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The ability to read awoke inside of me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.
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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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Education is an important element in the struggle for human rights.
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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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Education is an important element in the struggle for human rights.
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Hatred and anger are powerless when met with kindness.
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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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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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Only those who have already experienced a revolution within themselves can reach out effectively to help others.
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Those who would hunt a man need to remember that a jungle also contains those who hunt the hunters.
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One day, may we all meet together in the light of understanding.
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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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Read absolutely everything you get your hands on because you’ll never know where you’ll get an idea from.
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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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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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