Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.
MALCOLM XThe only thing power respects, is power.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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Education is the means to help our children and thereby increase self-respect.
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Ignorance of each other is what has made unity impossible in the past.
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Education is an important element in the struggle for human rights.
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A man who believes in freedom will do anything under the sun to acquire, or preserve his freedom.
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To have once been a criminal is no disgrace. To remain a criminal is the disgrace.
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As long as you are convinced you have never done anything, you can never do anything.
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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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Education is an important element in the struggle for human rights.
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We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves.
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I want to be remembered as someone who was sincere. Even if I made mistakes, they were made in sincerity. If I was wrong, I was wrong in sincerity.
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Only a fool would let his enemy teach his children.
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Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.
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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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Policies change, and programs change, according to time but objective never changes.
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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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